The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the question. The Conservatives left a deficit. They left Canada's public finances in a sorry state. Fortunately, on October 19, Canadians chose growth. In December, we launched our economic plan by lowering taxes for the middle class.

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the question. Only the Conservatives think that we can use a two-month period to determine whether there was a surplus or a deficit during a fiscal year. The reality is that we have a plan for growth. We launched our plan in December, a

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his question. Economists agree that the time has come to invest in the economy. The only ones who do not understand that are the members opposite. At a time like this, we need to invest in the economy. We need to generate

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague. This government has a plan for the middle class. In December, this government committed to lowering taxes for the middle class. In the next budget, we will follow up by making historic investments in infrastructure, innovation, and productivity

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the one thing we will never take is lessons from the previous government about deficits. That is for sure. Let me tell the House that. We have a plan to invest in the economy, and that is exactly what we are going to do. We were clear with Canadians in October that

Finance  Mr. Speaker, first, it is Friday, so let me salute my family in the gallery today, and let me—

Finance  Mr. Speaker, in answer to my colleague, we have plan to grow this economy. On October 19, Canadians made a real choice. They made the choice of growth. We are going to do that with our three principles. We are going to do that responsibly. We are going to continue to reduce our

Finance  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. The only people who do not realize that the Conservatives left behind a deficit are the Conservatives. Everyone else in Canada realizes it. We have a plan for growth, and Canadians made that choice on October 19. We will

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the only ones who do not understand that two months do not make a year, that nine months do not make a year, and that 12 months do make a year are the Conservatives. We are going to have a deficit. That is what the Conservatives have left us with. Canadians made the

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. We reduced Canadians' taxes. In December, we cut taxes for nine million Canadians. We are going to continue with a plan for economic growth. That is what people in Canada want. We are going to continue to invest in produc

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague. The Conservatives are the ones who sunk the economic ship, but I will repeat for the benefit of my colleague that, thanks to our plan for economic growth, we are going to continue to responsibly invest in the economy. We are going to conti

Finance  Mr. Speaker, let me be clear. We will take no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to the deficit. We already started in December with our plan for the middle class. We cut the tax to middle-class families in December. We will continue, in our next budget, helping Canad

Finance  Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to the deficit. Let there be no mistake, the Conservatives left us with a deficit. The only ones who do not understand that are the members opposite—

Finance  Mr. Speaker, I was saying to the member opposite that we will make historic investments to grow the economy. That is what Canadians chose on October 19. Let me be clear. We will be making investments that are responsible, we will continue to reduce our debt to GDP ratio, and we

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question. We obviously see stock options as a legitimate and valued form of compensation in our country, and we want to ensure that innovators and start-ups can grow in Canada. As we work on budget 2016, we have been hearing from Can