Transport committee  There's nothing wrong with exchanging information. A dear friend of mine coordinates a committee of research scientists on technology matters under the auspices of the National Research Council. They have a gang Skype exchange on a regular basis--I think on a monthly basis--in wh

Transport committee  No. We believe that transit and transportation systems should break even or make money, as Greyhound does, for example, and we don't see a federal government role in funding the operations of transportation-operating companies. With regard to capital and operations, if it's some

Transport committee  With this proviso: we don't think the federal government has any business taxing motor fuel. We also think it's inherently dishonest to levy GST or a harmonized sales tax on motor fuel that includes all these excise taxes. You're taxing a tax and that's kind of a banana republi

Transport committee  We believe that as long as the feds continue to collect excise tax on motor fuels those revenues should only go to roads and bridges and transportation infrastructure, or else for sure it'll go into CUPE pay raises and half-million dollar salaries for city executives, and the res

Transport committee  Well, I think if you put yourself in the shoes of someone who's not an expert in government and is standing outside that community centre, or that facility in Mississauga, you will find they have no idea who built it. They have no idea who's responsible. There's no direct respons

Transport committee  Thank you, sir.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Gregory Thomas. I'm the federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. We are Canada's largest and oldest taxpayers advocacy group. We've been around for over 20 years. We have over 70,000 supporters across Canada. Periodically you may

Human Resources committee  Bill C-316 is a private member's bill, standing in the name of Mr. Harris, with government support. My studies on the subject demonstrate that the maternal support system certainly has a better reputation in the developed world than the employment insurance system does. I was un

Human Resources committee  Yes. In practical terms, it sounds as if we're going to save the federal government about a million dollars in employment insurance benefits. As you've mentioned, the provinces are not well equipped to provide training or income support for these individuals when they get out. B

Human Resources committee  That is true, but we feel that the women are not in the correctional system just because they're poor. There are other causes, notably drug and substance abuse. We also have systemic issues in our prisons. That is a fact. We all know very well, for instance, that the aboriginal p

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. On behalf of our 70,000 supporters from coast to coast, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation would like to thank you for inviting us to today's discussion on tax incentives for charitable donations. We're the largest and oldest tax

Finance committee  Recently we've done some work on employment insurance. There's a study out from the Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation graduate school, at the University of Toronto. They make the point that the most popular things the Government of Canada does are things from which all Canadians

Finance committee  There's no question that lower taxes will have a salutary effect on charitable giving. It already has. There's no question that the tax regime in Canada, the tax reductions that have been implemented already, have done a tremendous amount to support employment and the ability of

Finance committee  Yes. Campaigns don't have to cost one trillion dollars. As we saw with the success of the NDP in Quebec, many of these members didn't spend a dime to be elected, but that's what the people of Quebec wanted. Maybe we don't need to spend money on robo-calls and polling.

Finance committee  I don't—