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]

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]

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?

I support that, but we need to pause for a few minutes to do the vote.

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]

What kinds of risks are most rapidly eroding that capacity?

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?