Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I believe the member is not doing himself or his party a favour in the way he portrays the legislation or the Government of Canada's agenda. The budget came forward and Bill C-2 came forward. Bill C-2 specifically deals with a tax cut, between the brackets of $45,000

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, when we looked at how we could deliver the most effective tax change that would assist Canada's middle class, it was determined that Bill C-2 would be the easiest and most effective way of putting money back into the pockets of Canada's middle class. If we contrast

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, if that is how the Conservative members want to justify voting against the legislation, they can do that. However, I would suggest that it is ill-advised. The real benefactors of this tax break are teachers, firefighters, professionals, and factory workers. These in

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, if the member would read the legislation, he would get a very good sense of what the middle class is. If the member wants to take the issue to the next election, whether in 2019 or whenever it might be, I would invite him to do that. I would like the members who vot

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague from Labrador, which means I only will have 10 minutes to speak to a very important legislation. This is where the previous Conservative government really lost touch. The Conservatives were out of touch with Canadians and

Excise Act, 2001  Mr. Speaker, it is with pleasure that I stand to address this particular bill, even though, as has been expressed by other colleagues, we have grave concerns in regard to it. However, taxation in general is of keen interest to all sides of this House, as Canadians are always keen

Life Means Life Act  Mr. Speaker, I apologize for the interruption of the member's speech. At this point, there have been some consultations among the parties in the House, and if you seek it I believe you would find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That, notwithstanding any St

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I have a petition signed by many constituents of Winnipeg North. They are calling on the government to specifically identify hospice palliative care as a defined medical service covered under the Canada Health Act so that the provincial and territorial governments wi

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 185 and 189.

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  Mr. Speaker, if Questions Nos. 186 to 188 could be made orders for return, these returns would be tabled immediately.

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  Mr. Speaker, I ask that all remaining questions be allowed to stand.

Government Response to Petitions  Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to seven petitions.

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, I totally disagree with the member. This middle-class tax cut is going to provide tax relief to over nine million Canadians, hundreds of millions of dollars. We are talking about farmers, teachers, and all sorts of professions. Why does the member and the NDP choo

Small Business  Madam Speaker, as I indicated, I was somewhat expecting we would be talking about small business. I had a lot of wonderful things to say about small businesses. Instead, the member comes forward, has all these statistics and says that he wants me to use statistics. If I reflect

Small Business  Madam Speaker, I thought we were going to be talking about small businesses today, but I am very much interested in the subject matter that the member has raised. It is always interesting. I enjoyed statistics courses. I did not have very many of them, but I did have the opportu