Employment  Mr. Speaker, I was not aware that Jack Mintz was a union leader. With over 200,000 fewer jobs for young Canadians than before the downturn, young Canadians are not getting the work experience they need. Governor Poloz says that high youth underemployment and unemployment

Employment  Mr. Speaker, first, Jack Mintz actually supported this government's job-creating EI premium payroll tax cut. Second, I have to correct myself. I said earlier that we provided Canada apprenticeship grants to over 100,000 young Canadians. In fact, the real number is over 500,000

Employment   Alternatives said recently: Why not just fire your summer student or cut back her hours to get yourself under the cap? Your reward for firing a student...a tax break! That is also what Jack Mintz, the economist, has said—that this job credit creates a disincentive for hiring

Employment Insurance   the credit would create 25 times as many jobs as that. Once again, as is frequently true, the Conservative claims are at odds with the facts. Even conservative economists are slamming the government's bad plan. Jack Mintz, from the University of Calgary, says that EI premiums should

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, last week the Prime Minister announced a historic plan to help make life more affordable for families, and all families with children would benefit. However, members do not have to take my word for it. Well-known economist Jack Mintz said: The Conservative family

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2   an incentive for some businesses to fire workers. That is why economist Jack Mintz has called it “a disincentive to growth” and why economist Mike Moffatt said “...the proposed ‘Small Business Job Credit’ has major structural flaws that, in many cases, give firms an incentive to fire

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, the omnibus budget bill corrects 10 mistakes from earlier bills. Haste makes waste and Conservatives make mistakes. Finance officials admit little internal analysis was done on the small business job credit, which has been panned by Jack Mintz as a disincentive

The Economy   economics professor. Then the Liberal finance critic misquoted Jack Mintz, who said that the Liberal EI scheme encourages employers to fire an older worker to make room for a new worker. While the Liberal Party scrambles to cover up for its leader, we are delivering action on Canada's

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, economists like Jack Mintz and Mike Moffatt have warned the finance minister that his new EI tax credit will actually discourage job creation. They have called it a “disincentive to growth”. Does the minister understand that his tax credit perversely rewards

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her question. It is nice to see her on her feet today. Mike Moffatt, Jack Mintz, and an organization I have worked a lot with, and which the Conservatives constantly point out when it comes to small businesses, the CFIB, are all

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, economists from Jack Mintz to Mike Moffatt have slammed the Conservative plan, saying that it will discourage job creation and economic growth. Liberals have a better idea: an EI break for firms that actually create jobs. Today the CFIB endorsed our plan, saying

Business of Supply   and encourage small businesses to grow. The reality is that—and this is according to Jack Mintz, a significant economist at the University of Calgary, or Mike Moffatt—the Conservative measure would, perversely, provide a disincentive to grow businesses. In fact, it would potentially pay

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives' EI tax credit is getting slammed by economists ranging from Jack Mintz to Mike Moffatt. Today's Globe and Mail says that it is: ...creating a perverse disincentive for small companies to grow. It gives firms around $200 to hire someone

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the small business hiring credit is flawed. According to Jack Mintz, it will discourage growth. It gives businesses $180 for every new hire and over $2,200 for every layoff. Why does the minister not recognize the flaw in his plan and switch to the Liberal plan

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, economists like Jack Mintz and Mike Moffatt are slamming the Conservatives new EI credit. Moffatt said it has “...structural flaws that...give firms an incentive to fire workers and cut salaries”. Instead of going ahead with this flawed scheme, the government