Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, Canada is a country built upon optimism, often in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges. However, the promise of a better life has been eroded in recent decades and the reality is that many middle-class Canadians have had their confidence shaken. While

Canada Pension Plan   so that the CPP will not simply drift into irrelevance over time. Middle-class Canadians, as we know, are working harder than ever, and many are worried that they will not have set aside enough money for their retirement. Young Canadians in particular are facing the unique

Canada Pension Plan   the Canada pension plan, or CPP, comes from a real spirit of co-operation with the provinces, who approved the approach. Do we need to enhance the CPP? Absolutely. It is essential and I will explain why. Middle-class Canadians work hard, but they still do not feel as though

Canada Pension Plan   circumstances. Members of the official opposition talk up the tax-free savings account, saying that it could and should be the main means by which low-income and middle-class Canadian workers save for retirement. According to the Conservatives, the higher the annual TFSA contribution limit

Canada Pension Plan  . Therefore, it is a pleasure to speak to the enhancements to the CPP found in Bill C-26. Today, middle-class Canadians are working harder than ever, but many are worried they will not have enough money for their retirement. Each year fewer and fewer Canadians have private pension plans

Pensions  Mr. Speaker, middle-class Canadians are working harder than ever, and yet many of them are worried that they have not saved enough for their retirement. Can the minister responsible explain what he intends to do to deal with this situation? What does he plan to do

Income Tax Act   to do so beginning at 71. The Government of Canada took an important step to enhance seniors' income security in budget 2016, its very first budget. Middle-class Canadians are working harder than ever. However, many of them are worried that they have not saved enough

Finance committee  , the changes in Bill C-26 are instead designed to target a relatively small group of middle-class to upper-middle-class Canadians who are not meeting an arbitrary threshold set by the government as to what an adequate amount of retirement savings should be. Most importantly, in calculating

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2   the needs of hundreds of residents in my riding, middle-class Canadians and those working hard to join the middle class. What I have been hearing from the people of Niagara Centre is how budget 2016 helps them. In my riding we have created a seniors council, a group of passionate

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2   to help? Directly or indirectly, it is going to create high-paying jobs. Who will benefit most? It is middle-class Canadians. My friend mentioned child care. I remember sitting in this House when a Liberal government brought in universal child care across Canada. Ken Dryden

Finance committee  , we need them robust, and we need them employing Canadians. When I was growing up, I worked at McDonald's, Tim Hortons, and Zellers, so I understand that the local businesses need to be supported. Our government is supporting them through tax cuts to middle-class Canadians

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have been asked this question again and again. If they wanted to help middle-class Canadians, why did they choose income tax changes to help wealthy Canadians? More than half the people in the member's riding make less than $45,000, so

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2   help for the middle class and builds upon a strong economy. As we all know, when middle-class Canadians have more money to save, invest, and grow the economy, everyone in this country will benefit. A strengthened middle class means that hard-working Canadians can look forward

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2   of announcements and spent millions of dollars on advertising but not on people. Our government is more focused on investing in people and in helping to grow the middle class. We know that middle-class Canadians are working harder than ever, but they are not getting ahead. We know

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2   at a time of desperate need; it would also help the very middle-class Canadians who have become the Liberal government's second favourite talking point right behind debt—sorry, I mean investing. That is one idea that I would propose the Liberal government could do in the budget