Budget Implementation Act, 2007  , middle class Canadians, and hard-working Canadians who pay their taxes and look after their families. This is the focus of our budget. Parties who are not supporting the budget need to explain to their own constituents why a new working income tax benefit for the working poor

Railway continuation Act, 2007   over $30 billion in profits in 2005. The Conservatives and Liberals see eye to eye on all of this. Working families are completely forgotten. What about middle class Canadians? No, do not take them into consideration. It is time for a solid merger between the Liberals

International Trade committee   of failure on economic and trade policy than the fact that the poorest Canadians have actually lost a month's income in real terms, that working-class Canadians and middle-class Canadians have each lost, on average, about two weeks of salary in real terms. Even upper middle-class Canadian

Business of Supply   against working people, ordinary families and middle class Canadians. Time and time again the Liberals have come forward with motions in this place, with projects for the finance committee and with recommendations that fly in the face of any kind of progressive policies

Business of Supply   decisions predicated on tax fairness for all Canadians. The Liberals may not want tax fairness. They want to stand up for their buddies on Bay Street, the big money influence, who they do not think should pay any tax. I have a lot of middle class Canadians in my riding of Peterborough

House debate   take measures to improve the governance and management of the Employment Insurance Account. The bedrock of our workforce is middle-class Canadians and their families. These families worry about the rising costs of higher education and the expense of caring for elderly parents

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   that is vitally important to Canadians. I come from a rural riding not unlike those of many members in the House. It is a riding chiefly peopled by a lot of middle class Canadians who enjoy relative prosperity, but of course there is a range of incomes in the riding. Nevertheless, despite

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   salaries and incredible bonuses, but paycheques for everyone else have not changed, and, for many families, they are getting smaller. The government's agenda has made it harder and harder for middle-class Canadians to make ends meet. Yes, there are more than a million people in Toronto

Drugs and Pharmaceuticals  Mr. Speaker, middle-class Canadians are paying way too much for prescription drugs. We just had another report commissioned by Industry Canada, something that the government was forced to release, which shows that the government is not helping doctors make affordable choices

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  . This makes everyone happy, including the tax man. The throne speech recognizes middle class Canadians and their families as the bedrock of our workforce. It reminded us that we must understand their priorities and address their concerns if we are to achieve our goal of a more prosperous

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   was “middle class Canadians--

Court Challenges Program   for too many Canadians. The termination of this program, that was after all not so expensive at only $5.6 million a year, has meant that even middle class Canadians cannot turn to the courts anymore. Yet, there are still a good number of battles to fight, and rights to win. The court

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act   of dollars to send her daughters to a drug treatment program in the U.S. that is comprehensive and long term. She is speaking out about and lobbying for a drug prevention program and also a treatment program within Canada. Everywhere she goes she hears about thousands of middle class

Business of Supply   in the quality of life for B.C. families. It is clear that families in British Columbia are losing ground at an incredible rate. New Democrats have long proposed measures to deal with the growing prosperity gap, the gap between the rich and poor, the difficulty working middle class Canadians

Business of Supply  , is also saying the same thing, so what we have is increasingly, progressive forces in all three countries saying it has not worked. What has happened over the last 20 years is that middle class Canadians essentially have lost about $1,000 in real terms out of their pockets