Federal Accountability Act   that practice and limits political financing to $1,000, which would have the effect of forcing political parties to inspire everyday, middle class Canadians in order to win their donation as opposed to catering to the interests of the moneyed, powerful elite. Second, it would bring

Budget Implementation Act, 2006   out of their incomes and put into the government coffers were too much. We listened to Canadians and we did not believe middle class Canadians and their families, who work hard but receive less and less in return, were being treated fairly in our tax system. We also knew, from

Finance committee   consultations, Mr. Chair, what Canadians were up against: government was taking too big a bite out of their paycheques. Middle-class Canadians and their families told me that they were working harder and harder, but getting less and less in return. I kept telling them to wait until

The Budget   communicating. I support the budget because it will improve the lives of the people who sent me here, middle class Canadians. It cuts their taxes. It assists their families. It eases household finances. It gives them new hope for the future. I hope that all members support the budget

The Budget   break for seniors; tax relief for small business; and a better deal for investors. In total, honest, substantive, effective and enduring tax relief for middle class Canadian families who for more than a decade have suffered the neglect and uncaring arrogance of the last government

Supply   and middle class Canadians have lost the equivalent of three weeks salary a year on the Liberal watch. Liberals can stand up in the House and say that everything is fine but, except for corporate lawyers and CEOs, the reality is that Canadians are having a tougher time of it than

Energy Costs Assistance Measures Act   down this terrible debt we are leaving our children, and we are helping poorer Canadians to meet the energy increases. We are not taking it from those whose very profits have come from those poor Canadians as well as other middle class Canadians. That is the point. The oil industry

Energy Costs Assistance Measures Act   where the money ended up. He also said that this is basically taking tax revenue from ordinary Canadians and then passing it back to them. Because of that, I guess, he concluded that middle class Canadians should not be getting this money. He said we should concentrate on low income

Energy Costs Assistance Measures Act   is that middle class Canadians, who again are singled out as a group, pay the basic tax burden in Canada. Therefore if we start handing out regular tax money to middle class Canadians we are simply taking from one hand and giving with the other. It is like taking from Peter to pay Paul

Unanticipated Surpluses Act  , and they are absolutely right, that instead of providing this one-third formula the government should just lower taxes for middle class Canadians. I know the government always pleads poverty but we have seen spending go up 52% since 1999. Money has gone to public service, Liberal friends and to David

Unanticipated Surpluses Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for his speech. Obviously I do not agree with most of it, but the Conservative Party absolutely believes in lower taxes for middle class Canadians. We believe that is the right solution after a period of time when the government has ratcheted up

Gasoline Prices   majority of consumers will not get a single cent from this government. Why is the government so insensitive to the needs and concerns of everyday middle-class Canadians?

Wage Earner Protection Program Act   for Medicine Hat, have argued that we need certainty in our investment community. We should also realize, though, that it is mainly middle class Canadians who have a lot of their retirement funds tied up in the stock markets. To cause markets to decline precipitously overnight because

Budget Implementation Act, 2005   class Canadians who have been paying their income tax and living by the rules. Those people have earned Canada's fiscal flexibility. It is not the Liberal government that has achieved this. It is everyday Canadians who pay their taxes who have achieved it. What I find reprehensible

Budget Implementation Act, 2003   to have to wait a year to a year and a half for essential surgeries or for poor or middle class Canadians to do without essential health care services, but that is what is happening. On education, we cannot build a strong economy without the people of our country having