Mr. Peter Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster, NDP): Mr. Speaker, he could not answer the question because there is total confusion over there.
On Wednesday, the Minister of Finance said:
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I think income splitting needs a long, hard, analytical look because I'm not sure that overall it benefits our society.
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Oops, massive damage control at PMO central.
The Conservatives even benched the Minister of Finance during question period while the Prime Minister defended his promise on income splitting.
Fast forward to yesterday and there are now reports that the Prime Minister may be dropping his election commitment.
Who speaks for the government and do the Conservatives speak to each other any more?
Mr. Andrew Saxton (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, CPC): Mr. Speaker, once the budget is balanced, we will look at all ways of reducing the tax burden on Canadian families.
It was our government who brought in pension income splitting for seniors, which the opposition voted against.
Let us talk about economic action plan 2014. We are getting praise from all across this great country. The Alzheimer Society of Canada stated:
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On behalf of the 747,000 Canadians living with dementia, we are grateful to the federal government for providing the resources needed to carry out important research to better understand how to tackle various forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
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NDP Critic for Canadian Heritage Peter Julian issued the following statement:
"It has come to our attention that a consultant for a federally funded anti-racism project has a disturbing track record of spewing hate speech online against Jewish and francophone communities. This is completely unacceptable. We call on the Minister of Heritage to take drastic action and terminate his contract.
NDP Heritage Critic Peter Julian issued the following statement:
“Today’s announcement by Hockey Canada is another attempt to delay the important and urgent work to deal with the toxic culture in this organization. While a former Supreme Court Justice is a credible appointment to conduct the review into Hockey Canada, this won’t be the first time the organization undergoes this process.
NDP critic for Canadian Heritage, Peter Julian, made the following statement:
“Canadians are horrified by the incidents of sexual assault and by what they’re hearing from Hockey Canada. They are left with many questions about how this toxic culture is allowed to persist in our sports organizations and what the government is actually doing to ensure this doesn’t happen again.