Michael Ma

S-217 Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to speak about Bill, an act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act, regarding reporting on unpaid income tax. Maintaining the integrity and fairness of the Canadian tax system is a priority for the Government of Canada. It goes without saying that we are fighting on all fronts against tax evasion and tax avoidance, both nationally and [more]

C-267 When Canadian households invest in essential home appliances, they expect a reasonable product lifespan. Billwill require the development of a national framework around the minimum useful life for this product category. How can these measures best be implemented to protect Canadian consumers against premature obsolescence and, particularly, what you just talked about? Quite often, devices [more]

Essential home appliances are the domestic infrastructure that maintains a household's quality of life. Some of you may remember the old Maytag TV ads that said their products were so reliable and so forth. Can you walk the committee through the importance of product durability and repairability for essential home appliances, in particular?

First of all, I want to congratulate you on proposing this bill. It has been one of my pet peeves for many years. I do a lot of my own repairs and help good friends do so as well. The lack of such regulation really creates a lot more unnecessary garbage, because products don't last as long as they did. C-267 This is my first question for you. Affordability is top of mind for Canadians across [more]

Okay. In budget 2025, with the promise of major investment intended to strengthen productivity, from the bank's perspective, what economic indicator should Parliament monitor over the next five years?

What kinds of risks are most rapidly eroding that capacity?

Thank you, Madam Chair. My questions are for Ms. Luccioni. The objective of the Sustainable AI Group is to help businesses square their increased AI use with sustainable goals. To support this framework, the group claims that it is already working with “North European and European clients across tech, finance, and media”. Pillar six of Canada's national AI strategy focuses on “Building trusted [more]

I mean for capacity.

Thank you. My next question is, what economic indicators should Parliament monitor to determine whether Canada's trade diversification strategy is succeeding? I recognize that you said a lot of these programs will take time.

Where are we today and what do you think is the achievable target, then?

How have these funded programs contributed to the economic recovery of the cultural sector?

What indicators would signal big concerns for you?

In general, do you have set targets for all of the spending in the funded programs? How do you measure that?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being here. As my first question, what are the key performance indicators for Canadian Heritage?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In general terms, what are the most important indicators in the public accounts that parliamentarians should monitor when assessing Canada's long-term fiscal sustainability?

Maybe I'll get into some specifics. The first one I have is in terms of debt-to-GDP, interest costs, program spending growth and contingent liabilities.