Study on Income Inequality  Madam Speaker, first of all I would like to thank my Liberal colleague for his motion to study income inequality in Canada. Because of his compassion for people in difficult circumstances, I would like to ask him a question. When the last budget was tabled, the government

Study on Income Inequality  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the question very much. Given the level of poverty in Canada, it is clear that now is not the time to be withdrawing resources from groups that are looking for solutions and ways to reduce poverty. I do not understand why the government has cut fundin

Study on Income Inequality   proclamations on income inequality. Indeed, in recent memory he told the House what truly drives economic growth and improves the fortunes of all Canadians. I will remind him of his own words. He stated, “Government does not create jobs. The economy does. The appropriate role of government

Study on Income Inequality  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today to speak to this motion of income inequality. One of the fundamental tenets of the NDP is the promotion of a more equal society and therefore we will be supporting this motion. Increased inequality is one of Canada's greatest

Study on Income Inequality   them all, which is why the proposed study is so important. We do know something. The first of these, the creation of human capital, is really important for the improvement of income inequality and the increase in equality of opportunity. As my colleague mentioned, if children

Study on Income Inequality   are on the right track to improving the economy for Canadian families. While the member for Kings—Hants wants to study income inequality, we are hard at work building a fair and prosperous Canada with opportunity for all Canadians. In conclusion, I am very proud to be a part of a government

Study on Income Inequality  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today to discuss the hon. member for Kings—Hants' motion to undertake a study on income inequality. First, I would like to congratulate the hon. member and tell him that this is a very good topic. Before I begin talking about the motion

Study on Income Inequality  Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. member, but the time provided for the consideration of private members' business has now expired. He will have about four and a half minutes left when this motion reappears on the order paper. The order is now dropped to the bottom of the

Criminal Code   the underlying causes and concerns relating to gang crime: housing, poverty, income inequality, employment, minority inclusion and access to education, and an understanding of why young people join gangs. There are no young people in Canada contemplating gang life because they believe

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act   age security; three, using budget 2012 to ram through important changes to Canada that are unrelated to budgets; and four, failing to create good paying jobs and recognize the important issue of growing income inequality in Canada. Later on in this debate, my colleague from

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act   of Canada's working poor, and the realities of income inequality in Canada. Raising OAS is only part of this kitchen sink bill. The reality is that this bill is 421 pages in length, has 753 clauses and amends 70 laws. It includes a complete rewrite of our environmental laws, a unilateral

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, there are also a lot of economists who believe that income inequality is an important issue and that there are economic costs as well as social costs to ignoring income inequality. A lot of economists, including the Nobel prize winning economist Joe Stiglitz, have

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I should cite for the hon. member one of Canada's former prime ministers who has a close relationship with both the hon. member and myself. He sent me an email on my bill on income inequality congratulating me. He said that this was exactly what the Government

Finance committee  . I hope that in our deliberations, colleagues, we consider that, for instance, somebody who runs a food bank or a group of food banks probably understands issues around poverty and income inequality and the issues around front-line services. Somebody involved in a hospital

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act   of income is a huge injustice that will only further increase income inequality in Canada.