Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance did not answer my question. I will help him by quoting the commitment he made in writing: “to abstain from any participation in any matters or decisions...other than those of general application, relating to Morneau Shepell”. According to exp

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance did not listen to business owners across the country who are worried about their businesses. Meanwhile, Morneau Shepell is selling private insurance plans to people who will be affected by this botched reform. This is a conflict of interest,

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the finance minister has not listened to the concerns of thousands of Canadians who are worried about the future of their small family businesses. Meanwhile, Morneau Shepell sells private pension plans to those who would be affected by this tax increase. This is not

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, Canada is deeply disappointed in Boeing's decision, but the minister's response is an even bigger disappointment. She is not fighting for Canadian taxpayers. The only way to solve the problem is for the government to lower taxes and sign a new agreement to cancel an

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, we were deeply concerned to hear the decision by the U.S. to impose a levy of 220% on Bombardier's aircraft. This will put many Canadian jobs and businesses at risk. It is time to end this subsidy race because it is unfair and we cannot do it anymore. My question i

Taxation  So, Mr. Speaker, no answer. The Liberals think that their tax penalty plan will affect just a small number of business people in Canda, but that is not true. Why is the Minister of Finance insisting on imposing a tax system on St-Georges Toyota, in Beauce, which will have to pa

Taxation  What is clear, Mr. Speaker, is that there is one rule for the Minister of Finance and another rule for everyone else, one rule for big business and one rule for small businesses. The government is overtaxing small businesses, overtaxing mechanics, overtaxing corner store owners.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals decided to unfairly hurt small businesses that create wealth in this country. They are punishing these entrepreneurs for creating wealth and jobs. Meanwhile, large corporations like Bombardier are getting huge subsidies and these corporate executives ar

Finance  Mr. Speaker, this government's economic performance is in a constant state of disaster. It spends and spends and spends and has no economic growth to show for it. It says it is going to stimulate the economy, but what it is about to do will actually sedate the economy, not stimul

Finance  Mr. Speaker, shame, shame, shame. Future generations will have to pay $25 billion in interest on the Canadian debt every day. That is money that will not be spent on Canadian social programs, and it is going to get worse because the debt is going up. The government is trying to c

Aerospace Industry  Mr. Speaker, after Boeing filed complaints against Bombardier, following the billions of dollars it received in subsidies, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said it could cancel the purchase from Boeing of 18 Super Hornets. Can the minister tell us what is important, Canada's air

Aerospace Industry  Mr. Speaker, after forcing Canadian taxpayers to give Bombardier $372 million in subsidies, the government is about to jeopardize our trade relations with the U.S. Knowing that NAFTA negotiations will begin soon, in September, can the minister today tell us once and for all, her

Privilege  Madam Speaker, earlier I explained what my colleague from Milton and I experienced. It was quite clear. Indeed, I am the one who inquired about why our parliamentary privileges were breached. At the time there were mixed messages as to why this happened, but never any clear reas

Privilege  Madam Speaker, I think my colleague is right. He did a very good translation of what I just said. I said that in French, and it is the same thing in English. I was there. I was waiting and I asked and was told that there was an empty car, that we had to wait because of the motor

Privilege  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to endorse everything my colleague from Milton said. She is absolutely right. I was with her when I was forced to wait an unreasonably long period of time because we were denied access to Parliament Hill and prevented from exercising our democrati