Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member knows, I have a lot of respect for him. He is always a very good speaker, and has presented one view, obviously his view, of the issue. I would just like to get back to people. We all represent people. Let us be honest, I do not know too many peop

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have the floor. I would first like to thank my colleague for his excellent speech. He is very attached to his community. I had the opportunity to campaign with him, and I know that he has a good understanding of the concerns of the people in his ridi

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to listen to my colleague. As he said, we are in the House to listen to one another. I would just like to say that there is one model we do not care to emulate. I am talking about the hon. member for Calgary Heritage, the former prime minister of Canad

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the work done by my colleague, for whom I have a great deal of respect. He is a man of experience who always brings an interesting perspective to the committee. I would like to take this opportunity to thank him fo

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague and say what a pleasure it is to see him in the House. Perhaps I had the privilege of travelling coast to coast to coast, but I recognize my colleague went through a difficult time. It is nice to see him with us, because he is an ou

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, allow me to respond to my hon. colleague, for whom I also have a lot of respect. He is obviously an experienced parliamentarian and a very smart man. However, as he said earlier, we do not always share the same ideas, but we do respect each other in the House, so th

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, first of all, I am pleased to speak today to Bill C-2, which would lower taxes for the middle class.

Income Tax Act  You can imagine how I feel, Mr. Speaker. I understand how you feel when you try to speak and everyone rises. I feel a little like that. As I was saying, Bill C-2 would lower taxes for the middle class. During the pre-budget consultations, I travelled from Moncton to Yellowknife,

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank you for your wise remarks. We are talking about respect in the House and listening to one's colleagues. I will come back to the important Bill C-2. As I was saying, during the election campaign, we promised to help the middle class because it d

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I have heard my colleagues, and I have respect for all my colleagues' views. The purpose of having a Parliament is to listen to each other. I have heard some of them criticizing that we call it modernization. However, having lived across the world, the airline indust

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I always enjoy listening to the member's speeches. It is by debate that we can come to the best solution. To the point of his question, there is an assumption on the other side of the House that the bill would inevitably lead to less employment in Canada in the main

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would first like to thank my colleague from Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot. I have a lot of respect for her work and her commitment. I come from the Mauricie area. The aerospace industry is not one of our major industries, but I want to tell my colleague that our industry

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I respect the member for Outremont, but I am appalled that he is bringing up issues that are not even in the bill during the debate. As a lawyer, the member for Outremont, like all our other colleagues who worked in the legal p

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, what a performance. People at home had a chance to hear the leader. I have a great deal of respect for my colleague, a fellow lawyer who likes to lecture us every day in the House. After seeing another performance much like the ones we see every day, let us now talk

Excise Tax Act  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased. I was not looking at talking notes, but I was looking at the facts. Actually, we not only spoke, but we acted in the last budget. By enhancing the Canada student grants, we will have given $1.53 billion over five years to students and education.