Business of Supply   and middle class Canadians. The Conservatives inherited a very strong economy when they formed government in 2006. The Liberals had record surpluses, low unemployment, a strong fiscal capacity, and good growth prospects. What did the Conservative government do? It spent money and left

Business of Supply  : [Debt reduction] is exactly what a majority of middle class Canadians and working families want. It's what Tories are good at...often called upon to save the country's finances after long bouts of...Liberal spending. Furthermore, we believe that when the debt load falls, Canadian

Budget Implementation Act, 2008   the income ladder. Middle class Canadian families earning between $40,000 and $60,000 a year, which is one-fifth or 20% of the Canadian population, have lost a week of real income for each year since 1989. It is like they are working harder than ever because the average Canadian family

The Economy   difference to the hard-working families and middle-class Canadians who are trying to get by in the real economy. What is the difference?

The Budget   cared to offer suggestions. This is a plan of hope. There is hope for the unemployed, the manufacturing sectors, middle class Canadians, families, seniors and businesses. In fact, all Canadians can find hope in the fact that their government is listening to them and acting for them

The Budget   action plan for an unprecedented time in our history. It is a plan built on unprecedented consultation, a plan built on pragmatic and practical approaches, and a plan that responds to the needs of honest, middle-class Canadians, hard-working Canadians who play by the rules, just like

Finance   for the government to empower the Financial Consumer Agency to audit the credit operations of Canada's banks and get answers for consumers. When will the government learn from its mistakes and take action now to help stop the gouging of middle-class Canadians by credit card companies?

Business of Supply   and middle class Canadian families have every single protection that is possible from their government. It is the duty and the role of government to make sure that its citizens are not being taken advantage of by companies that simply have no conscience. They are prepared to do whatever

Automotive Industry   to a question. Here is the answer that Canadians want to know. They heard the Liberal leader say on April 14, “We will have to raise taxes”. I would like this member to stand in this place and tell us what taxes the Liberal Party will raise, when will it raise them and which middle-class

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board  , who wants to raise taxes on hardworking middle-class Canadians.

Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   their family income increase dramatically. The wealthiest Canadians now take more than half of all income in Canada, but for most Canadians in the middle class, Canadians in the lower middle class and the poorest Canadians, they have seen a substantial erosion in their income. We are also

Finance committee   of giving, thereby encouraging more Canadians to give and to give more. The stretch tax credit is particularly appealing in that it would benefit charities of every size and in every region, urban and rural. It would provide an incentive particularly for working families and middle-class

Disposition of an act to amend the Excise Tax Act   proven it time and time again. He can live in that fictional reality, that theoretical reality, if he would like, but the fact of the matter is that poor Canadians are going to be on the hook, middle-class Canadians will be on the hook and the rich cats will get away again.

Provincial Choice Tax Framework Act  Mr. Speaker, I think the idea that jobs are created by implementing a tax on working- and middle-class Canadians is not only untested but fallacious. I do not think that is the kind of job creation project that we want in this country, and that is not the kind of strategy

Provincial Choice Tax Framework Act   to their Conservative cousins in the Liberal Party of British Columbia. This tax has been introduced by stealth. The reason is that they know they have just put a tax increase on working- and middle-class Canadians and they do not have the courage to stand up before those people and acknowledge it--