Commons debates budget implementation bill at length

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1. deflected
   TaxationStéphane Dion (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.Answer shifts to unrelated tax fairness and income trusts instead of addressing interest deductibility on foreign acquisitions.Unlike the Liberal Party opposite, we will not give a favoured tax treatment to income trusts.
2. deflected
   TaxationStéphane Dion (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.Response begins but pivots away from the list of broken promises to prior talking points on taxes.
3. misdirected
   Softwood LumberStéphane Dion (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). substantive question.Answer attacks Liberal tax positions and softwood stance rather than admitting or addressing the softwood deal issues raised.Here we have the leader of the Liberal Party who has opposed every tax cut in the last two budgets to Canadian families, to individuals and to business and who is now up here lobbying for special tax breaks for corporations.
4. partly answered
   Softwood LumberMr. Michael Ignatieff (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). substantive question.Answer defends the agreement's mechanisms and refunds but does not address the new U.S. demands or deal stability concerns.Under that agreement, there are consultations and a dispute settlement mechanism.
5. deflected
   Softwood LumberMr. Michael Ignatieff (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). loaded question.Response highlights past refunds and industry support while accusing Liberals of wanting to tear up the deal, avoiding the new dispute.The industry in Quebec does not want to tear up this agreement.
6. partly answered
   Firearms RegistryMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). substantive question.Answer affirms gun control importance and mentions screening but does not address preserving the full registry as asked.That is why, for example, we support the registry of licences for handgun and restricted firearm owners.
7. partly answered
   Firearms RegistryMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). substantive question.Answer commits to handgun registry and screening but reframes to exclude duck hunters and farmers without addressing full registry preservation.We also intend to spend more money for a screening system.
8. answered
   Firearms RegistryMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.Answer directly explains the distinction in police input and details the new interview system for all firearms.A person wishing to register to purchase a firearm of any kind, whether a handgun or any other kind of gun, will have to be interviewed.
9. deflected
   Firearms RegistryMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer avoids addressing any review of the approach prompted by events and instead defends the handgun registry while criticizing the asker.It is my friend and hon. colleague who is not very clear.
10. answered
    AfghanistanJack Layton (NDP) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly explains the basis for continued engagement in Afghanistan with references to international support.we are in Afghanistan with the support of the government and people of Afghanistan, the United Nations and the international community, and also with our NATO allies.
11. misdirected
    AfghanistanJack Layton (NDP) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). loaded question.The response ignores the specific escalation claims and instead defends the troops while accusing the asker of attacking their efforts.They certainly do not deserve this kind of attack on their efforts.
12. partly answered
    Softwood LumberMr. Roger Valley (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). substantive question.The answer defends the deal overall but does not address the US letter or specific Ontario programs mentioned.
13. deflected
    Softwood LumberMr. Roger Valley (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.The answer shifts focus to US housing prices and protectionism rather than addressing protection of Ontario programs.We do not control the housing industry in the United States.
14. answered
    Softwood LumberMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). loaded question.The answer directly cites the $400 million allocation and seven-year stability as actions taken for the industry.$400 million was allocated to help the forestry industry stay competitive.
15. deflected
    Softwood LumberMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). loaded question.The answer cites broad support for the deal instead of addressing the US attack on Quebec programs or standing up at meetings.I wonder where my colleague was a few months ago.
16. deflected
    TaxationMr. Paul Crête (Bloc) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer explains the equalization formula's acceptance but does not acknowledge the imbalance remains unresolved or commit to transferring tax fields.the formula that we have put forward for equalization within the budget has been broadly accepted by a majority of the provinces in Canada
17. deflected
    TaxationMr. Paul Crête (Bloc) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer restates the budget commitment without addressing the inconsistency claim and shifts to a personal remark.I congratulate the hon. member on his new appointment as the finance critic for the Bloc.
18. partly answered
    International AidMs. Caroline St-Hilaire (Bloc) asked Josée Verner (Conservative). substantive question.The answer notes increased aid in the budget but provides no plan or timeline for the 0.7% target.In the latest budget, we have included amounts that are meant to provide assistance to countries in need.
19. deflected
    International AidMs. Caroline St-Hilaire (Bloc) asked Josée Verner (Conservative). loaded question.The answer pivots to criticizing the prior Liberal government instead of addressing the current budget size or leadership on the target.I would like to remind my colleague that international aid sank to its lowest point, at 0.22%, under the former Liberal government in 2001.
20. misdirected
    TaxationJohn McCallum (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the Liberals on tax havens rather than addressing the deductibility policy or economic analysis.With respect to the issue of tax havens, I understand that we are for tax fairness and the Liberals are for tax havens.
21. misdirected
    TaxationJohn McCallum (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner's consistency and cites others instead of defending the policy's impact on taxpayers.the member opposite does not believe a word he is saying.
22. deflected
    TaxationMr. Jean-Claude D'Amours (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer lists past reports without addressing the current policy's effect on foreign takeovers.I invite the member opposite, and all Liberal members, to read the auditor general's report in 1992; to read the report of the Mintz committee in 1997, appointed by the Liberal government, and the recommendations
23. deflected
    TaxationMr. Jean-Claude D'Amours (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer discusses global leaders and hollowing out instead of reversing the deductibility decision.In fact, we had 33 global leaders in 1985. Today in Canada we have 72 global leaders.
24. partly answered
    Steel IndustryMr. David Christopherson (NDP) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). substantive question.The answer notes tax rate reductions but offers no national steel strategy to replace the collapsed council.That is why, in the latest budget, we reduced the income tax rates for all industries, including the steel industry, which improves their profitability.
25. deflected
    Steel IndustryMr. David Christopherson (NDP) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). substantive question.The answer blames the prior government and highlights tax cuts instead of outlining any national steel strategy.The previous government should have presented a steel strategy but it never did anything.
26. partly answered
    Firearms RegistryMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer addresses listening to concerns and continued registration but sidesteps the specific claim about ignoring police use of the registry.This is why it will still be required, for anybody who wants to acquire any type of firearm at all, that they must be registered, and that will continue to show up on the system.
27. deflected
    Firearms RegistryMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer discusses police hiring plans and meetings but ignores the call for a vote on the registry and respecting Parliament.I asked them for the first round of feedback so we could begin the process of seeing 2,500 more municipal officers right across the country.
28. misdirected
    Firearms RegistrySue Barnes (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks Liberals for only caring when police are present and pivots to other legislation instead of addressing the registry or police support.The only time we hear the Liberals speaking out and pretending to care about policing concerns is when those police officers are here on the Hill.
29. misdirected
    Firearms RegistrySue Barnes (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer accuses Liberals of prejudice and demands they reveal scandals rather than addressing the call for a judicial inquiry into the RCMP pension fund.Every time another Liberal mess or scandal is unearthed we want to get to the answers right away while the Liberals want a full public inquiry that would take years.
30. answered
    Quebec City’s 400th AnniversaryMs. Christiane Gagnon (Bloc) asked Bev Oda (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly states that no invitation has been sent by the committee.today I say the same thing as I said yesterday, namely that, as far as I know, no invitation has been sent by the committee to Her Majesty the Queen.
31. partly answered
    Saint-George-de-Malbaie WharfMr. Raynald Blais (Bloc) asked Loyola Hearn (Conservative). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the issue and promises provisions for fishermen but provides no repair schedule or specific alternative for the wharf.In relation to the wharf the member is talking about, we will ensure that provisions are made for the fishermen in his area to be able to conduct the fishery when the season starts.
32. deflected
    Government ContractsMs. Yasmin Ratansi (Liberal) asked Mr. James Moore (Conservative). loaded question.The answer claims the contract was fair and attacks the prior Liberal record instead of addressing the ongoing integrity investigation or delaying the award.We have obeyed all the rules, unlike the Liberals did for 13 long years in the Department of Public Works.
33. deflected
    The Prime MinisterMs. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (NDP) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.The answer discusses tour staff size instead of identifying who pays for or the cost of the fashion consultant.the Prime Minister maintains a tour staff, as do all prime ministers.
34. deflected
    The Prime MinisterMs. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (NDP) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.The response mocks the question's relevance rather than addressing the traveling stylist costs or policy change.a lot of ordinary Canadians are wondering what I am doing answering questions about style and fashion.