{"id":47508,"date":"2015-04-24T00:26:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T16:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47508"},"modified":"2025-01-16T19:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T00:40:46","slug":"mp-kent-hails-balanced-budget-low-tax-plan-for-jobs-growth-and-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/24\/mp-kent-hails-balanced-budget-low-tax-plan-for-jobs-growth-and-security\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Kent hails balanced budget, low-tax plan for jobs, growth and security"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47657\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/stephen-harper-peter-kent-narendra-modi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47657\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/stephen-harper-peter-kent-narendra-modi.jpg\" alt=\"(Left to right) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Thornhill MP Peter Kent, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Facebook photo)\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/stephen-harper-peter-kent-narendra-modi.jpg 897w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/stephen-harper-peter-kent-narendra-modi-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left to right) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Thornhill MP Peter Kent, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thornhill \u2013 The Hon. Peter Kent, MP for Thornhill says, &#8220;Tuesday\u2019s Economic Action Plan 2015, as outlined by Finance Minister Joe Oliver in the House of Commons, demonstrates the Harper Government\u2019s commitment to jobs and growth for Thornhill.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy propranolol online <a href=\"https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/propranolol.html\">https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/propranolol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud this budget benefits Thornhillers through future support for families, reduction of RRSP withdrawal amounts for seniors, an expansion of tax-free savings account limits, and support for much needed public transit and national security,\u201d\u00a0 Kent added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy doxycycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/doxycycline.html\">https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/doxycycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Economic Action Plan 2015 will see Ontario receive almost $20.4 Billion in federal transfers this year, an increase of $9.96 billion (or 88%) since 2006:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Over $2.4 Billion through Equalization, an increase of $2.3 billion since 2006<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $13.1 Billion through the Canada Health Transfer, an increase of $5.3 Billion since 2006<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nearly 5 Billion through the Canada Social Transfer, an increase of nearly 1.8 Billion since 2006<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Transit Fund will grow to $1 Billion a year to support major public transit projects to reduce gridlock<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Small business tax rate will come down to 9% by 2019 reducing taxes for small businesses by almost 50%<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An average family with children will receive $6,600 in tax relief and enhanced benefits per year<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reduced minimum withdrawal for Registered Retirement Income Funds will permit seniors to preserve more of their retirement savings.\u00a0 A proposed new, permanent, non-refundable Home Accessibility Tax Credit for seniors and persons with disabilities<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Economic Action Plan 2015 proposes increases in National Defence\u2019s budget by $11.8 Billion over 10 years to ensure our Armed Forces continue to have what they need.\u00a0 We are also providing new funding to\u00a0 help counter violent extremism and terrorism<\/p>\n<p>MP Peter Kent concludes, \u201cWe\u2019ve kept our promise to Canadians to balance the budget in 2015, the first balanced budget since the Great Recession.\u201d\u00a0 It is a prudent and principled plan that will see Thornhillers better off, more secure and even more confident in our country\u2019s place in the world.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tetracycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tetracycline.html\">https:\/\/revleonidastheoptometrist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tetracycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thornhill \u2013 The Hon. Peter Kent, MP for Thornhill says, &#8220;Tuesday\u2019s Economic Action Plan 2015, as outlined by Finance Minister &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":47657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-politics","mauthors-press-release-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284728,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47508\/revisions\/284728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}