National Maternity Assistance Program Strategy Act  Mr. Speaker, I will not say much other than to thank everybody who participated in the debate this evening, as well as the people who have taken the opportunity to participate leading up to this point. This really is about trying to put the dialogue in place to change the discus

Excise Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his investment in this particular initiative, and for taking the time and thought to put this forward. However, I do want to draw to the House's attention a couple of the comments he made. The member did talk about the lowering of GST from 7

Excise Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, you are absolutely correct, and I thank my colleague for pointing that out. At the end of the day, municipalities ended up paying citizens through a tax that is not based on one's income, a non-progressive tax, and ended up paying more. The property taxes of seniors

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's intervention today and making her position well known as it pertains to a price on carbon. I am wondering if the hon. member can comment a little on Canada's position globally as it relates to the price on carbon. My understanding is that

Main Estimates, 2017-18  Madam Speaker, I wonder if the member would enlighten us by telling us what he thinks about the current process for nominating senators versus another process we saw on the eve of the election, by the previous government, of making numerous political appointees. How does he think

Preclearance Act, 2016  Madam Speaker, I can recall a number of years ago when my wife and I were travelling between Seattle and Vancouver, and as we came into the train station, from Seattle into Vancouver, we were caged off in an area with other travellers as we were properly taken through the process

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, one thing is very clear. The fact of the matter is that the average tax rate of unincorporated professionals making $230,000 a year would be 36% after it is all factored out. The effective tax rate of police officers—good, hard-working, unionized members of the pol

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I have a great amount of respect for my colleague for Essex, but I am very troubled by what she said in her speech. The fact of the matter is that this government lowered taxes on the middle class and increased them on the top one per cent, which is something tha

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the previous speaker just said that the Conservatives will not support these tax measures but then said that they would like to consult for another four months. What is the point of consulting if they already know that they will not support them? My question relat

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I think I know why the member's constituents are outraged. It is because they are being misled about what the government is actually trying to do. In the member's example, she talked about income splitting. We are not talking about individuals who genuinely work wit

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, on the issue of fairness, it is very appropriate for different parties within this House to have discussions about which social elevators are preferred and which would be more effective in contributing to equality throughout our country, but this really comes down to

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise today to speak to the opposition motion. I have been in the House pretty much the entire time, listening to the debate. Hearing what has been exchanged, I do have some concerns. From time to time, we might be straying from the facts a litt

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, what I was not saying was that everything needs to be equal. What I was saying was that we all need to play by the same rules, that there has to be fairness with respect to where I am starting versus where a police officer or a nurse starts. The inequality will nat

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, people can continue to invest and hold money in a corporation. One of the misleading things that has been said quite a bit today is that somehow people will not be able to keep money within a corporation to do things with it later on. They can. They can continue to

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is because we already did that. We did that when we lowered the taxes on the middle class and increased them on the one per cent.