The Economy  Mr. Speaker, Canadian families know that they are better off under this Conservative government than they have ever been before. As Canadian families are filing their income taxes, they are going to be benefiting from our family tax cut as well as our expanded and increased unive

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, we know that Canadians have to balance their budgets each and every day. That is why we are focused on making sure that we have strong jobs, a strong economy, low taxes, and more actual dollars in the pockets of Canadian families. We want Canadian families to know ab

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, what Canadian families know is that under the Liberals, transfer payments to the provinces went down, deficits went up, taxes went up, and services went down. Under this government, we have created more jobs. We have lowered taxes for Canadian families. We have incr

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, we are very proud of the registered disability savings plan, the only one of its kind in the world. It was created and really birthed by the late Jim Flaherty. It is one that allows families to save for their children or adult children who have disabilities, because

Housing  Mr. Speaker, we were very pleased to be in the city of Toronto with the Minister of Finance and the mayor of Toronto to announce $86 million for our homelessness partners. What did Tim Richter, head of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, say? He said: The policy shift t

Housing  Mr. Speaker, we are using an evidence-based approach to fight homelessness. It is called Housing First. We know that the NDP members are opposed to evidence-based solutions. Instead, they are committed to their ideology. In fact, in Quebec, decisions are made through a joint comm

Housing  Mr. Speaker, what is so good about our HPS strategy is two things. First of all, it focuses on Housing First, but it allows flexibility in each one of the regions and major cities across Canada. We are allowing each of the community entities to consult with their community adviso

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Don Valley East for the good work he is doing to support families in his riding. Our government is in position for fulfilling our promise to balance the federal budget. We are in a position to now help families balance their own

Child Care  Mr. Speaker, here is the difference between their plan and our plan. Our plan gives power to parents: rural parents, parents who are not working nine to five, parents who may be using another family member to help look after their children, or parents who make a decision themselv

Child Care  Mr. Speaker, the NDP has failed to talk to parents from different areas in this country, rural Canadian families, families that are not working nine to five jobs, and families that have decided that one parent will stay home to look after the children. New Democrats are not consi

Social Development  Mr. Speaker, the member for Calgary Centre is right: parents with children need support. They need lower taxes. That is exactly what we are delivering with our family tax cut, which would benefit close to two million families with children; and the expansion of our universal chil

Poverty  Mr. Speaker, our plan not only to decrease taxes but also to increase benefits for all Canadians will help, proportionately, middle to lower income Canadians the most. What our plan will do is to put money directly into the pockets of the people who need it the most. We know tha

Housing  Mr. Speaker, what the evidence has shown is that housing first is the best way to eliminate and to help end homelessness. What we have done with our HPS is allowed flexibility so that some of the funding would go toward housing first but that there would be some funding available

Persons with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, we are very proud of the enabling accessibility fund. We have funded over 1,800 projects across the country. Of course, projects need to actually be applied for in order to receive the funding, and the ridings and regions that have received funding are in direct prop

Persons with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, the proportion of funds that were allocated to projects are consistent with the applications received. Let me give an example. In Ontario that particular year, there were a total of 1,092 applications received. In Quebec there were 206. I would encourage all membe