Finance committee  If I may, I have always been a fan of putting conditions on any money that changes hands between government agencies in particular, so I like this suggestion. There are a couple of things we could suggest. One is that insofar as we have a labour market challenge where we have u

Finance committee  I would refer the members to a series of submissions that have been made by one of the top experts in small business and family wealth in the country, a man out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, by the name of Doug Nelson. He has made several submissions. I've read them all, and one of them

Finance committee  On the uncertainty piece of this, given that the negative reaction is so huge, it's the lesser of two evils to pause and rethink versus to proceed as is. You have two very uncomfortable choices in front of you. One is to proceed with things that are very clearly being negatively

Finance committee  Thanks for the question, and apologies to Mr. Sorbara if I spoke too long at the last opportunity. It's a combination of things. I think they were caught off-guard by the timing and taken aback by some of the original narrative and the messaging. I think referring to long-stand

Finance committee  With respect to the economy, it's been a fascinating time. I've lived here for 25 years now, and I moved here as, I would like to think, a young salesman with IBM, and went into business for myself over the subsequent 20 years before my walk down the bucket list path into politic

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. Incidentally, I was at Grace's funeral. It was a wonderful tribute. It was a spectacular, provincial, non-partisan affair, actually. Congratulations on the award. What were you, five years old at the time?

Finance committee  It's going to be a little different across Canada. Those of you who are from different parts of Canada might not see it the same way in your local surroundings, but every airport and every port is different. Shared capitalization conversations are quite complex, and they have dif

Finance committee  I stand before you without the luxury of political opinion. We have an organization that by its very bylaw is non-partisan, and we have illustrated for a long time now that we work with anyone. We focus on what's right, not who's right. In our letter to the finance ministry on t

Finance committee  Bonjour mesdames et messieurs. I will speak in English. While my children are fluently bilingual, my high school French is unfortunately not going to do more than get me into a bar fight. I with stick with English, with your indulgence and the greatest of respect. Ladies and gen