Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, thank you for the clarification. I am pleased to have this opportunity to address the committee members today on behalf of the Government of Canada. A strong economy is based on a strong middle class. Canadians understand that, as do we. That is why our highest priorit

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I would like to ask the Minister of Finance to tell us more about the fairness of Canada's tax regime. The Minister of Finance and I crossed the country, from coast to coast to coast. I went from Moncton to Yellowknife. The minister travelled from Nova Scotia to Vanco

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I would like thank my colleague for this very great question. Budget 2016 is a budget that works for all Canadians. It works for our seniors. It works for our students. It works for middle-class Canadians and for Canadian families. However, let me be more specific abou

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, like the minister said before, we are happy to take that question under advisement and get back to the member at a later stage with a more fulsome answer to that.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, as the hon. member knows, it is a very important question. We will take this question under advisement and come back with further details at a later stage to the member.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, my hon. colleague asks an excellent question. That measure could be one of a series of measures we will consider for future budgets.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, the most important thing is that this budget is actually working for middle-class Canadians. As a result of our tax cut, nine million Canadians are better off since January of this year. With the Canada child benefit, we would lift hundreds of thousands of children o

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, nine million Canadians will benefit from the middle-class tax cut. This is a significant measure that has been in place since January of this year. I can say that if we take that and the measures we have for families through the Canada child benefit, these are the ty

Housing  Mr. Speaker, the people struggling with the pyrrhotite problem in the Mauricie region are victims of a human and economic tragedy. The Conservative government ignored them for 10 years. I am proud to say that during the election campaign, the Prime Minister and those of us on th

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, the member for Cambridge is not only a great member, but he is also a friend. The bill pursues a great goal. I think all members would agree to that. We all commend members who present private member's bills because we know how much work, time, and effort goes into

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his very surprising statement. I have a lot of respect for the hon. member, and he knows it, but that is a government that is working for middle-class and Canadian families. He talks about stepping up. We are stepping up for nine million Canad

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I am quite surprised and disappointed to hear an hon. member suggest that we should not support the aerospace industry in our country. Particularly for members from Quebec who think about Bombardier and the 60,000-plus people who work for Bombardier, it is quite shoc

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his important contribution to the Standing Committee on Finance. I listened to my hon. colleague's speech. He raised many of the points he raised today in the Standing Committee on Finance. We heard from a number of witnesses, and my co

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, first, it might be a great day for the member for Cambridge because it is his birthday, but it is an even better day for Canadians. It will be a great year for Canadians. It might be a great day for him, but it is a great year for Canadians. I was deeply disturbed w

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to resume the debate on the budget, which we began last week. I think it is important to go over some background on the consultation we did with Canadians. What was different during our last consultation is that the Minister of Finance and I criss-cross