Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the voluntary disclosure program targets taxpayers who come clean on their own, before the agency takes any steps. In those cases, the taxpayers pay their taxes, but are not subject to any penalties or prosecution. The Canada Revenue Agency learned through a leak th

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. As I said, I believe that this is an extremely important, complex and personal issue. It is important to do things this way, namely to have a committee and a nationwide debate. As he said, the committee will not be drafting th

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague had two questions. First, he talked about why there is a rush to do this. It is quite simple. The Supreme Court has said that Parliament has 12 months to do something, so why do we not start right now? The Supreme Court is not aware of the parliamentary

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, first, I should say that I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the hon. member for Trinity—Spadina. I rise today to speak to the opposition motion moved by the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, my colleague, the hon. member for Papineau. This motion has

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have already begun their election campaign at taxpayers' expense. Yesterday during the Oscars they were trumpeting their income splitting scheme, which will put more money in rich people's pockets. In my riding, social housing units are closing for

Canada Revenue Agency  Mr. Speaker, a disturbing CFIB study has forced the Canada Revenue Agency to evaluate its own services. The study found that one-quarter of the agency's telephone answers were incorrect. Some employees even advised things that are illegal. Canadians who have followed that advice

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the budget for the building Canada fund for infrastructure dropped from $2 billion to $210 million this year. It has been cut by 90%. Retail stores are dropping like flies and the manufacturing sector has shed 400,000 jobs. These sectors need the infrastructure to be

Government Advertising  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are cutting 90% of infrastructure spending, yet they see no problem with spending $29 million on billboards. The Conservatives are cutting money for infrastructure, they are giving up to $2 billion to the wealthiest Canadian families, and they are u

Black History Month  Mr. Speaker and dear colleagues, I have the honour to rise in the House today to draw attention to the launch of Black History Month. I would like to congratulate the round table on Black History Month, which does an excellent job in Montreal of identifying Canadians of black an

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, once again, I thank my colleague. I did mention his expertise in that area. He hit the nail right on the head because the Conservative government's decision to delay the budget until April will have a definite impact on the provinces. I was in the National Assembl

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his question. He was dead-on when he spoke about vision. To really have a vision for the country, why would the Prime Minister not want to take the time to sit down with his provincial counterparts, not just to share his o

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague from Saint-Laurent—Cartierville for his eloquent speech on the co-operation that we want and need between the federal and provincial governments. Members on both sides of the House know of his expertise in this area and, as par

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Treasury Board Secretariat: (a) does the Directive on Open Government, dated October 9, 2014, apply to tabular material prepared by departments, agencies, or crown corporations in response to written questions placed on the Order Paper by Members of the House o

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the rental or charter of private aircraft for the use of ministers and parliamentary secretaries since January 1, 2010: (a) what was the cost for each rental or charter; (b) what was the passenger manifest for each flight; (c) what was the purpose of the trip; (d)

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to Passport Canada: what was the total number of passport applications received in each year since 2006 inclusive, broken down by (i) in-person location, (ii) Service Canada receiving agent location, (iii) Canada Post receiving agent, and (iv) mail?