Ms. Chris Charlton (Hamilton Mountain, NDP):Mr. Speaker, four years ago, the Prime Minister went to London to tout his corporate tax cuts.
He sat in a locomotive at Electro-Motive Diesel, smiled and waved, and assured the workers there that their jobs were safe.
Why? Because his Conservative government was giving EMD a hefty $5 million tax break.
Well, today those 500 jobs are gone—shipped abroad because those workers wouldn’t accept a 50 per cent pay cut.
And that $5 million? It’s gone too.
Dear Friends,
As tax receipts begin to arrive in mailboxes, it seems like an ideal time to talk about the perversion of our tax system. Yes, I did say the perversion.
I got into politics because I believe in building a more equal Canada, and achieving that goal requires measures to address income inequality.
OTTAWA— Globe and Mail Update - Gloria Galloway
Members of Parliament have agreed to examine whether committees of the House of Commons conduct too much substantive business behind closed doors.
The procedures and House Affairs committee, which like all Commons committees is dominated by Conservatives, has approved a motion from NDP Whip Chris Charlton to conduct a study of the use of secret “in camera sessions” across the committee system.
In name only. U.S. Steel will remain a steelmaker in Hamilton in name only.
The Hamilton Spectator, Steve Arnold
U.S. Steel will remain a steelmaker in Hamilton in name only.
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