Small Business  Mr. Speaker, small businesses are the job creators of our country. We thought the Liberals understood this when they campaigned to lower small business taxes, but Liberals have clearly broken that promise. New documents obtained by the parliamentary budget office show the Libera

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, before I get started, I want to send our condolences and our thoughts to the people of Fort McMurray. There are many people in Courtenay—Alberni who have family members there and who are affected by that horrible situation. I want to thank the members who have come f

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the member touched on a number of different things in her speech, certainly inequality and helping to support the growth of the economy. Previously I was the executive director of a very successful chamber of commerce on the west coast of British Columbia. There wer

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, before I get started, I want to acknowledge my mother since it was Mother's Day yesterday and I was not able to join her. I also want to acknowledge all the mothers in Fort McMurray and Alberta who could not be with their families yesterday. We need to honour them.

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, yes, we need healthy communities. We know we need conditions for healthy communities to build a robust economy, things such a national child care plan. This does not deliver enough support for people to have child care. The Liberals take pride in the child tax offer

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I agree that we cannot have a healthy economy without healthy business. We need to put forward initiatives that will create jobs and help drive the economy. I talked earlier about the multiplier effect of spending money locally and keeping money in the hands of smal

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, by 2050, one-third of Canada's population will be over the age of 60. We know that services will need to be vastly expanded and enhanced to address the growing demand of aging Canadians. We need to expand long-term care and radically improve home care. We need to sup

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I would first like to ask for unanimous consent to split my time with the member for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I would like to thank my colleagues for their agreement. I would like to indicate to the chair that I will be using eight minutes to ask questions of the minister and the remainder will be with my colleague. The main estimates show a cut of $10 million in funding fo

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, did the department conduct analysis of the cost to employees, both in terms of lost jobs and reduced hours and wage increases?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, the PBO said that more than 1,200 jobs would be lost on top of reduced hours and pay. Budget 2016 said that future cuts would be deferred. Until what date would that be?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, does the minister know what the annual cost to Canadian enterprises for credit card merchant fees is?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, the Retail Council of Canada has estimated over $5 billion a year. I ask, does the minister believe that it is fair that small businesses have to pay credit card processing fees as high as 4%?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, does the department have any intention to introduce mandatory regulations to cap merchant fees. If so, when?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, does the minister know how many Canadian small business owners planning to retire have succession plans in place?