Ralph Goodale
Ralph Goodale
Ralph Edward Goodale, PC MPis Canada's Minister of Public Safety in the present Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau. He was Canada's Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006, and leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party from 1981 to 1988. He has been the Liberal Member of Parliament for Regina-Wascana since 1993, having previously served as the member for Assiniboia from 1974 to 1979. He was named Opposition House Leader by interim Liberal leader Bill Graham in 2006, and continued to...
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It became quite obvious that the opposition's intention was to prevent the publication of a budget in February, and therefore I felt I had an obligation to Canadians not just to provide the bare bones of statistics, but in fact to give a greater indication of how the flexibility would be used,
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Having experienced them for one year, they're something Canadians are likely to get quite attached to and would not take kindly to seeing that ripped away from them.
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The opposition will do whatever the opposition does but this government is standing not only on its record, but its agenda on its future, and I am more than happy to take that agenda to Canadians if necessary,
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Canadians will wonder why their personal income taxes went down last year - but just for one year - and now they have jumped back up again.
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The greatest burden obviously falls on Canadians of the most modest means,
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Reducing the tax individuals pay on dividends will encourage savings and investment and will help establish a better balance between the tax treatment of large corporations and that of income trusts.
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We intend to see that benefit redirected to consumers, to Canadians, ... We are at the moment considering the options we have available.
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There are in every year, year-end adjustments that do take place, ... Sometimes those adjustments can be as high as seven or eight billion dollars depending on the circumstances.
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those forces just around the corner are going to make it difficult to maintain the pace.
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We want every Canadian to have an opportunity to experience the fulfillment, empowerment and freedom that flow from higher learning,