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Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees

Ken Hardie

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees
  • Liberal
  • Fleetwood—Port Kells
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $140,090.09

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Context: House Hansard - 300 - Apr/16/24
Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)
  • Apr/16/24 2:52:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today, the Deputy Prime Minister will deliver the budget. Over the last few weeks, we have seen the important efforts of this government to invest in this country, building a record we can be proud of. On the other side, the Leader of the Opposition loves to talk about his record when he was minister of employment. He wants to convince Canadians that he has the solution to make life better: cut, cut, cut. Well, cuts do not create jobs. Cuts do not create investment. Cuts do not increase wages. Can the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages tell the House what the government is going to do to make life better for Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 265 - Dec/11/23
Mr. Ken Hardie
  • Dec/11/23 12:16:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Madam Speaker, it is like an onion. There are layers upon layers of things that need to be considered. I would direct him and anybody witnessing this to the Roosevelt Institute in the United States, which is looking at a fundamental rebalancing of the wealth that comes out of the market. That rebalancing will be away from the CEOs, the boards and the executives and more towards the workers. We have seen this in the resurgence of union activity in the country, where unions are again having the opportunity and the ability to assert the rights of working people and skim maybe a little more off of the top of the executive compensation, which has really gone off the rails, I would say, in the last 20 to 30 years. This Competition Act amendment is an iterative thing. It will be subject to amendments as we see opportunities to make things better for Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)
  • May/16/23 10:45:34 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, I guess I would like the hon. member to comment on the fact that back in the Stephen Harper days the Conservatives cut the CBSA by, I heard, up to 1,000 people. The Liberals have restored that and added to it. To the member's knowledge, would the Conservatives, if they formed government, go back and cut the CBSA again?
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Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)
  • Oct/5/22 6:11:53 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the hon. member's comments, particularly on the notion of regressive taxation, whereby a tax applied to somebody earning $20,000 a year is a bigger hit than the same tax applied to somebody who is earning $200,000 a year. However, I want to ask the hon. member to reverse that and talk about tax cuts that would affect individuals. If we follow the Conservative line and cut tax, which they have tried to do in the past, and we look at the relative income and the relative impact on people, who would benefit the most on a personal income tax basis from across-the-board tax cuts?
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Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)
  • Oct/5/22 5:55:10 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Mr. Speaker, our colleagues in the Conservative Party love tax cuts. I wonder if he could analyze the benefits that come from tax cuts. Who actually benefits if they cut taxes by let us say 5% across the board?
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