Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to speak on behalf of Progressive Conservatives and all Canadians on Bill C-244. As well, I commend the member for Mississauga South on this initiative and on his hard work and diligence in representing and seeking solutio

Finance  Mr. Speaker, last week the auditor general released his latest report on the government's financial statements and the finance minister and this government received a failing grade from the auditor general for the third year in a row. Why? Because for the last three years the fi

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-36, the budget implementation act, nickels and dimes Canada's poor seniors. No one blinked an eye when the budget promised to “improve the way in which the guaranteed income supplement operates”. This was until people realized that the finance minister's idea

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 2 That Bill C-36, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 16 to 24 on page 1 with the following: ““eligible institution” means (a) a public post-secondary educational institution in Canada that grants degrees, certificates or diplomas; or (b) a private p

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 12 That Bill C-36, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 7 on page 5 with the following: “student attending an eligible institution full-time,” Motion No. 13 That Bill C-36, in Clause 8, be amended by adding after line 17 on page 5 the following: “(2.1

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 16 That Bill C-36, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing lines 36 to 39 on page 7 with the following: “(a) the Board is knowledgeable about post-secondary education and learning in Canada, the needs of the Canadian economy and the management of investments; a

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 19 That Bill C-36, in Clause 12, be amended by adding after line 32 on page 8 the following: “(4.1) The Foundation shall have at least one member representing public post- secondary educational institutions and at least one member representing private post-se

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 48 That Bill C-36, in Clause 37, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 17 on page 17 with the following: “37. Every five years after the coming into force of this Act, the Foundation shall cause a review and report to be made by a person who is independent of t

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 50 That Bill C-36, in Clause 38, be amended by replacing lines 18 to 25 on page 17 with the following: “38. Not later than six months after the end of each fiscal year, in the case of a report referred to in section 36, and not later than six months after the

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 65 That Bill C-36, in Clause 46, be amended by replacing lines 6 to 10 on page 20 with the following: “46. (1) Subject to subsection (2), from and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may, on the requisition of the Minister of Finance, be paid and appli

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 45 That Bill C-36, in Clause 36, be amended (a) by replacing line 11 on page 17 with the following: “year and next year;” (b) by adding after line 13 on page 17 the following: “(e) the names of the five highest paid employees and officers of the Foundation

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 55 That Bill C-36, in Clause 40, be amended by replacing lines 1 to 5 on page 18 with the following: “40. (1) On the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, the Governor in Council shall appoint an auditor for the Foundation for the fiscal year, and the me

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  Madam Speaker, this government's approach to budgetary decisions is a patchwork quilt of interventionist policy that lacks the type of consistency required for sound economic policy. We have proposed 19 amendments to Bill C-36. I want to ensure we have proposed these amendments

National Head Start Program  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to speak on Motion No. 261 put forward by the member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca. The member continues to demonstrate his commitment to progressive social policy. I have spoken about this issue previously in the House and it

Division No. 158  Mr. Speaker, sound economic policy involves dealing with the challenges facing Canadians in a holistic way, with consistent economic policies, not stopgap measures that further complicate, for instance, the Canadian tax code. The millennium scholarship fund will only benefit—