Competition Act   have been increasing over the past few months, whether it is in relation to the oil and gas sector where consumers are being gouged at the pumps by abusive practices which hurt the wallets of ordinary working and middle-class Canadians, or some other issue. I heard my hon

The Budget  -time employment is at a record level. There are 150,000 fewer full-time jobs than before the recession. He has abandoned the unemployed, yet banks and oil companies continue to get huge gifts. Why does the Prime Minister prefer to have an election instead of helping middle-class

The Budget   to work with a government that consistently puts the interests of Bay Street, the banks and the multinational oil companies ahead of middle-class Canadians but, putting that aside, we were willing to try to make it work because a budget is an opportunity to get results right now

The Budget   enough is enough. It is time to cut off the support for these corporate welfare bums and start acting on the priorities of seniors and middle-class Canadians. Let us get to the other two priorities that Canadians told us had to be in this budget, and that we submitted to the Prime

The Budget   families, for middle-class Canadian families or for the poorest Canadians. That is our mission and what we will continue to focus on in the years to come.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, our job in this House is not to make sure that the Conservative members of Parliament feel comfortable. Our role in this House is to defend the letter carriers and mail sorters, who are ordinary, middle-class Canadians. Sometimes that is going to make some members

The Economy   will the government put middle-class Canadian families first?

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act   income of Canadian households increased from $45,800 in 1976 to $48,300 in 2009, which represents a very modest increase of only 5.5% over 33 years. The middle class is what drives our economy. Middle-class Canadians from Montreal's south shore were told today that, not only would

Finance committee  , Canadians have not been immune to the global debt crisis. In Canada it has taken the form of much lower economic growth, higher unemployment, and underemployment. And while middle-class Canadians have not seen the price of their homes collapse, as has been the norm in other countries

Finance committee   in economic growth. So we see GDP go up, and that should be good for everyone, but the problem is that it's not necessarily good for everyone. It's definitely good for wealthier Canadians, but it's not necessarily good for middle-class Canadians, who haven't seen their incomes go up

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, this is an area that the NDP has had historic challenges understanding. When we reduce the tax burden on middle-class Canadians, job creators and corporations, that helps grow the economy. It empowers individuals financially and allows them to make

Housing   on affordable housing waiting lists. It is not going to help seniors trying to stay in their homes. It is not going to help middle-class Canadians trying to buy a house in Toronto. The Conservatives have simply failed Toronto. How can the minister try to peddle a housing plan that her

Business of Supply   industrial policy which would put the middle-class Canadian family ahead of corporate greed. Whether we are talking about Inco, which is now Vale, or Falconbridge, which is now Xstrata in Sudbury, U.S. Steel in Hamilton, White Birch or Mabe in the province of Quebec, or Electro-Motive

Financial Literacy Leader Act   embodies the government's strategy or, more properly, the lack of strategy in addressing the issues that really matter to working and middle-class Canadians across the country. Specifically, the bill would create a financial literacy leader, a high level bureaucrat position

Financial Literacy Leader Act   around 18% or 19%, it takes away a good chunk of a person's disposable income. Over the last 20 years, if we look at interest rates, they have been considerably better than what they were during the 1970s. As a result, more middle-class Canadians are buying homes that cost $250,000