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

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her question even though I do not really understand it. If any party has been clear about its plan for the middle class, it is the current government. In December, we cut taxes for the middle class, which will help over nine million Can

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the question. On October 19, Canadians made a very clear choice: they chose growth. In December, we started to follow through on our plan by lowering taxes for the middle class, a measure that is benefiting more than nine million Canadi

Social Development  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his good question. In budget 2016, our government will introduce the Canada child benefit, a tax-free, monthly benefit for families with children. The CCB will ensure that the maximum help is provided to those families who n

Finance  Mr. Speaker, the previous government left us with a $150 billion in additional debt for our country. We will continue to invest and grow our economy, but we will follow three key principles. That is what we said during the campaign and that is what we will do. We will continue

Finance  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to say that it is only my hon. colleagues who believe that. The previous Liberal government left behind a $13 billion surplus in 2006. The Conservative government squandered that surplus and accumulated $150 billion of additional debt. We have a plan to g

Finance  I will use my speaking points just as my colleague did, Mr. Speaker. The only people who believe that the previous Conservatives left behind a surplus are the Conservatives themselves. Canadians know better. Make no mistake, the Government of Canada will post a deficit for the

Business of the House  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are the only ones who are self-interested. Since my hon. colleague says that we are not following the recommendations made by our officials or departmental staff, I will quote the Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections 2015: The Government wil

Business of the House  Mr. Speaker, more than anyone else, we do trust the public servants who will help us frame the next budget. I had the privilege to travel with people from the department to listen to Canadians from coast to coast to coast. I had about 50 meetings with officials. We listened to C

Business of the House  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the question. We have already lowered taxes for nine million Canadians. That is exactly what we have done. We will continue to work on our social policies. We will also invest in the Canada child benefit. As we all know, and as we said d

Business of the House  Mr. Speaker, I would first like to thank my colleague from Berthier—Maskinongé for her question. Her riding is right next to mine, Saint-Maurice—Champlain. I can assure my colleague that I have been working hard to move forward on the pyrrhotite file every day since I was electe

Business of the House  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague from Mississauga—Lakeshore. It is a privilege for me to be here to participate in this important debate on today's motion. I would like to reassure my hon. colleague that we have complete confidence in the abilities of th

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for sharing that tale with Canadians. My hon. colleague forgot one thing, though: on October 19, Canadians clearly chose a government that invests in Canadians, in infrastructure, and in the middle class. She asked us if we h

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, we will continue to invest in growing the economy, but as we have said from the start, we will follow three cardinal principles in our approach. We will reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio, make prudent investments in our infrastructure, and return to a balanced budget befo

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I am always amazed when I hear my colleague opposite. Canadians know that the time to invest is when interest rates are low. That is what we said. We began in December with our plan to cut taxes for the middle class. In the next budget, we will introduce the Canada