Taxation   class across this country, after 10 years of failure—

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, for 10 years we had a Conservative government that focused on giving benefits to the wealthiest Canadians in the hopes of creating economic growth. That did not work for Canadians and that is why they elected a different government, our government, which promised

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, it is very clear that the members opposite do not actually understand this proposal, but that is no big surprise, because they did not understand for 10 years that giving tax breaks to the wealthiest does not help the middle class and does not grow the economy

Finance   against our proposal that lowers taxes on the middle class, because for 10 years they focused on giving tax breaks and advantages to the wealthiest Canadians. That is not what Canadians want. That is not what Canadians voted for. This is why we are moving forward in the ways

Finance  Mr. Speaker, we are taking a reasonable approach, rooted in the knowledge that we need to create economic growth for the middle class, something the party opposite was unable to do for 10 years. Our infrastructure investments will help families get to work and come home more

Taxation   it is there for everyone right across the country. That is the kind of leadership on the environment and the economy that Canadians expect after 10 years of inaction by the other guys.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, during the 10 years that the members opposite were in government, they had every opportunity to demonstrate that they were standing up for the middle class and workers, but they did not do so. Instead, they gave plenty of opportunities and tax cuts to the wealthy

Taxation   that, because 10 years of complete inaction on the environment needed to be turned—

Infrastructure   needs reliable public transit. The middle class needs affordable housing. The middle class needs help and investment in roads and historic bridges, which we are currently working on, representing $180 billion in infrastructure over 10 years, something the other party could not offer

Taxation   to vote against lowering taxes on the middle class and raising them on the wealthiest 1%. For 10 years, the Conservatives gave boutique tax cuts and advantages to the wealthiest alone. We are focused on lowering taxes for the middle class, and we will stay focused on that.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, for 10 years, the Conservative government's approach to growth was to give boutique tax exemptions and lower taxes on the wealthiest 1%. The Conservatives focused on helping the rich and hoping—

Finance  Mr. Speaker, it is humorous to hear the members opposite talk about investing in health, in education, in infrastructure, when for 10 years they did not do enough of that. We got elected on a commitment to invest in—

Taxation   on the wealthiest 1%. The Liberal party, the Liberal government, is lowering taxes on the middle class because the previous government spent 10 years giving the very rich all the advantages.

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, the members across the way are proving once again that they do not understand how the Canadian economy works or what Canadians need. Canadians need investment in infrastructure for things like public transit, affordable housing, and green infrastructure. For 10

Finance  , and in the economic growth that Canadians needed after 10 years of mismanagement under that opposition party. The fact is that we are investing in our future together, just as we promised Canadians we would do.