Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on the adoption of her motion. Allow me to begin my speech by focusing on three excerpts from speeches by our learned colleagues who spoke just ahead of me. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance praised p

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, that last comment reminds me of an old CCF description of a Liberal as someone who sits on the fence with both ears on the ground. I think that has been proved true today. The value of any budget is measured fundamentally by whether it helps people. The people of

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Aside from the preamble, Madam Speaker, the question was quite good. There is an active conversation, particularly on the business pages but throughout the rest of the newspapers, as to a jobless recovery. We are still hovering around 8.5% to 9% in some places, and actually some

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, I wish I had more time to try to make some common sense out of what the hon. member is suggesting, using one singular quote. I have stacks and stacks of quotes from all across the country that say that indeed our stimulus spending was effective in creating jobs, w

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  The hon. member for Scarborough—Guildwood has 40 seconds to respond.

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, I am amused by the hon. member's ability to pat himself on the back and talk at the same time. If he wants to get into duelling quotes, we will get into duelling quotes, the simple point being that he is representing the Minister of Finance in the House. If he is

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, the government had nothing to do with the economic recovery. Contrary to the federal government's claim, the analysis shows that government spending and investment in infrastructure simply did not contribute to the improvement in economic growth. That is from their

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, it is as if I just spent the last 20 minutes talking to a wall, because the hon. member has missed the point. The point is not that Canada is or is not doing well in its GDP. We are doing relatively well relative to the G7. The point is that you had nothing to do

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  I would remind the hon. member to direct his comments to the Chair.

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, I listened with interest to the hon. member, who spoke so courageously. He emphasized the courage of those who must talk to this government, and that is what he did. I commend his courage and the support he has shown the Parliamentary Budget Officer, who is also ve

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, I welcome the opportunity to say that the Liberal Party, which is the official opposition, will not be creating political instability based upon this budget. As a consequence we will, somewhat reluctantly of course, be required to make sure the government wins its

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, I listened intently to the ongoing commentary of many people who have commented on the budget, and quite frankly, I found it very negative. I am surprised the hon. member is so negative today, because ordinarily I feel he is a fairly positive contributor to the dis

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  The House resumed from March 31, consideration of the motion that Bill C-9, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 4, 2010 and other measures, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, it is an opportunity today to talk about this inaptly named jobs and economic growth recovery act since it is my view that the government has had virtually nothing to do with this recovery, notwithstanding a great deal of back patting that seems to go on by those on

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, Manitoba has very successful credit union movement. We have the Steinbach Credit Union and the Assiniboine Credit Union. The member mentioned that the credit unions were interested in registering federally and, as such, providing an alternative to the national banks.