The Economy  Mr. Speaker, four years ago, economic growth was very low and unemployment was too high. We decided to invest in families and in infrastructure, and now we have a growing economy. We obviously still face some challenges, but we will continue to invest to make life easier for pe

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, let me start by recognizing the hon. member's service to the House and to his party. I hope he has many more years doing that. I know we need to look at the month-by-month numbers, because they tell us about what is going on across our country. They tell us about Ca

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, it is very important to have an approach for the economy and to give Canadians information about our economic situation. We will be making an announcement in the coming days. We will maintain our approach, which seeks to improve the economy and make investments in C

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, let me start by acknowledging that we do need to continue to focus on how we can ensure that the economy does well. Our approach has been to make investments in our economy, and that approach has clearly been working. We have been able to have a higher level of grow

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, we have worked hard over the last four years to make sure that we have an opportunity for Canadians to work across the country. Left with a 7.1% unemployment rate from the previous government back in 2015, we immediately started investing, investing in Canadians, inv

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, over the last four years, we have invested in our economy, in families and in Canadians. We are doing well. Our rate of growth is among the highest in the G7. We continue doing well in terms of unemployment. We will keep investing in Canadians and, as we announced y

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, we have been pleased to be part of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. We know that it is important to develop the entire region. It is an important way for Canadian organizations to get opportunities in that part of the country. Obviously, over the long term,

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome the member to the House and let her know that in the last Parliament we did reduce taxes on middle-class Canadians. We also reduced taxes on small businesses. We were so pleased today to move forward with the next tax break for 20 million Ca

Ways and Means  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 83(1), I have the honour to table a notice of a ways and means motion to amend the Income Tax Act and associated regulations. Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), I ask that an order of the day be designated for consideration of the motion.

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, in fact, we will continue on the course of investing in Canadians. We know that what we have done over the last four years in creating jobs has been important. We also need to recognize that as the economy goes through changes, we need to continue making those sorts

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the reality is that we need to think about how to improve our economy and make things better for Canadians. That is our approach. We are investing in the future and in families, and it is important that we continue with our approach. We have had success in recent ye

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, we did take on the additional $150 billion of debt left us by the previous Harper government. What we did was decided that with that we would actually focus on the middle class. We knew it would be the engine of growth for our country. We focused on it and we increas

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, we know that confidence among small and medium-sized businesses and confidence among large businesses is critically important. That is why we never resort to scare tactics like this. We focus on how we can actually make a difference. The good news is that the thing

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, it is very important that we listen to people in the business community to figure out what we should do to make sure our economy keeps doing well. They have told us, first and foremost, that skills matter. What did we do? We ensured that people could have access to

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, we know that results count. We are in a position where our economy is doing better than anyone expected at this stage. We have the lowest rate of unemployment we have seen in 40 years. We have the highest rate of working-age population at work than we have ever seen