Employment  Mr. Speaker, that is exactly why Canadians chose a different path on the 19th of October. Canadians chose the path of growth, and that is exactly what the Minister of Finance and I heard when we went across the country. Now is the time to invest in the economy. Now is the time t

Finance  Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of sluggish economic growth, we are making a different choice. We have chosen economic growth. That is exactly what we are going to do. When we held our prebudget consultations, from Moncton to Yellowknife, Canadians told us to invest in the economy.

Finance  Mr. Speaker, our goal is a balanced budget, but our priority is economic growth. I invite my hon. colleague to read what economists, the OECD, and the International Monetary Fund said. Everyone is saying that now is the time to invest in the economy to ensure economic growth. T

Shawinigan Cataractes  Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Hockey League playoffs start next week, and I would like to commend the Shawinigan Cataractes, who have had a remarkable season and who have already clinched their division in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. This team, from my riding of Saint-Maur

Finance  Mr. Speaker, on International Women's Day yesterday, events across the country celebrated the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of Canadian women. I am proud to tell the House that the Minister of Finance, in collaboration with the Governor of the Bank of C

Finance  Mr. Speaker, we have a fundamentally different approach. We have an approach for growing our economy. That is what Canadians voted for on the 19th of October, and that is exactly what we are going to be delivering. We are going to invest in innovation, we are going to invest in p

Finance  Mr. Speaker, as the OECD and the IMF said, there has never been a better time to invest in the economy. Canadians know that, when interest rates are low, that is the time to invest. As we went from coast to coast to coast in this country, the Minister of Finance and I, we listen

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to deficits. Our focus is on investing in the middle class and growing the economy. That is what Canadians expect of us. After 10 years of weak economic growth, the worst possible reaction to an economic

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his question. The Conservatives left us a dismal economic legacy. On October 19, Canadians made a different choice. They chose economic growth and investment in families. We began in December by cutting taxes for the middle

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the question. Our vision is completely different than that of the Conservatives. We are going to invest in growth. We have lowered taxes for nine million Canadians and will continue to have measures for the middle class. We will do this

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

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

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

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