Randy Hoback

Voting Yea means supporting a statutory increase in GST/HST credit amounts and the creation of deemed-payment mechanisms to deliver larger and periodic GSTC transfers to eligible low- and modest-income individuals and families (including shared-custody parent adjustments).

Voting Yea means supporting increased federal spending/transfers to provide targeted cost-of-living relief through larger and advance GSTC payments, accepting the fiscal cost to deliver near-term support.

Support government spending package for 2026

Voting Nay means opposing enactment of the supplementary appropriations, which would block or delay the specific expenditures in the Supplementary Estimates (A).

Voting Yea means supporting legal protection for Canada's supply management import controls — preventing increases in tariff rate quotas or reductions in over‑quota tariffs for dairy, poultry and eggs to preserve domestic producer protection.

Oppose government spending package for 2024

Oppose permitting Schedule 2 appropriations to be charged into the following fiscal year

Oppose this allocation, signaling objection to the Agency's 2024–25 funding

Oppose these CRA appropriations, objecting to the proposed revenue administration funding

Oppose these ESDC appropriations for unemployment and benefit programs

Voting Nay means rejecting the proposed allocation of supplementary funds and the particular spending priorities set out in the schedule.

Support clarifying appropriation and funding mechanics for the Commission

Support transitional arrangements to transfer staff and functions smoothly

Oppose enabling unilateral government funding that could influence regulator independence

Oppose creating licence-related revenue mechanisms for offshore renewable projects

Oppose expanding occupational safety regulation to cover offshore renewables

Oppose government spending package for 2023

Voting Yea means supporting measures that strengthen unions' bargaining power and strike effectiveness by banning many forms of replacement labour, enforcing timely dispute resolution, and protecting reinstatement rights.

Voting Yea means supporting tougher enforcement and deterrence to protect workers' rights during strikes/lockouts, including high fines and administrative penalties to discourage use of replacement labour and ensure reinstatement.

Voting Nay opposes new or ongoing federal expenditures created by the Act, or prefers those functions to be funded differently or not legislated.

Voting Nay opposes privileging union participation or legislative support for union-centric definitions of decent work.

Voting Nay opposes legislating specific job-creation planning or believes job creation should be left to market forces or other policy instruments.

Voting Nay opposes statutorily mandating worker protection measures tied to climate policy or finds the measures excessive/ineffective.

Oppose government spending package for 2025

Voting Nay means opposing tariff/customs changes required by the FTA, possibly to avoid reducing protection for domestic producers or changing tariff revenue structures.

Voting Nay means opposing the appropriation or payment of those operating costs, objecting to additional federal spending tied to the Agreement.

Voting Yea means supporting a temporary tax incentive to encourage construction of purpose-built rental housing by enhancing the GST rebate, with the aim of increasing rental supply and improving housing affordability.

Voting Yea means supporting a package of fiscal and regulatory actions intended to reduce household costs by stimulating rental supply and curbing anti-competitive/excessive pricing in essential markets.

Voting Yea means supporting stronger competition enforcement tools to prevent excessive and unfair selling prices, intended to protect consumers and address affordability pressures in essential markets (e.g., groceries).

Oppose government spending package for 2023

Voting Nay means opposing the authorization of these supplementary expenditures and withholding approval for the specified additional federal spending.

Voting Nay means rejecting these particular spending priorities and the allocation of additional funds to the listed programs and reimbursements.

Voting Yea means supporting a targeted income tax deduction that reduces taxable income for mobile trades workers required to pay their own travel costs, increasing their after-tax income and treating these travel costs as business-related deductions.

Voting Yea means supporting a policy that protects mobile workers financially by offsetting travel costs through the tax system, improving equity for tradespersons required to travel long distances for work.

Voting Yea means supporting measures to protect firefighters as workers — improved prevention, recognition of occupational cancers, standards review, screening and support for worker health.

Voting Yea means supporting the accompanying tax-law changes needed to integrate the Canada disability benefit into the federal tax and transfer framework.

Voting Yea means supporting the creation of a new federal spending program to reduce poverty among working-age persons with disabilities and backing federal prioritization of income supports and related administrative arrangements.

Voting Nay means opposing state-mediated resolution of platform-news commercial disputes, arguing it could distort markets, overstep regulatory roles, or provoke retaliatory platform measures (e.g., delisting content).

Voting Nay means opposing legislated bargaining/arbitration between platforms and news businesses on grounds that it may interfere with private commercial arrangements, impose regulatory burdens, risk content restrictions or have unintended effects on platform services and freedom of expression.

Voting Yea means supporting stronger legal protection for pension plan beneficiaries and retirees by prioritizing payment of unfunded pension liabilities and requiring transparency on plan solvency; it favors shifting some financial risks back onto employers/insolvency estates and increasing oversight of pension funding.

Voting Nay means opposing the associated tax-law amendments—potentially due to objections to the underlying benefits, concerns about fiscal or administrative implications, or disagreement with how the tax code is being adjusted.

Voting Nay means opposing this targeted federal relief—possibly due to concerns about fiscal cost, effectiveness, targeting accuracy, or preferring longer-term housing policy solutions.

Voting Yea means supporting a targeted cash-transfer-style response to ease immediate cost-of-living pressures for vulnerable households.

Voting Nay means opposing the specific amendments due to concerns about unintended impacts on production, administrative complexity, or potential negative effects on employers/platforms and content investment.

Oppose expanding the travel deduction; prefer existing limits or alternative support mechanisms

Oppose targeted refundable returns of fuel charge proceeds to farmers; prefer broad carbon pricing or other supports

Oppose creating a refundable ventilation tax credit and additional fiscal outlays for businesses

Oppose limiting recovery timeframes for CEBA amounts; prefer retaining longer recovery rights

Oppose capping EI weeks for seasonal workers; prefer preserving current benefit durations or more generous support

Voting Nay means opposing the authorization of these supplementary appropriations and blocking the additional spending proposed for fiscal year 2021–22.

Voting Nay means opposing these specific allocations and the prioritization of funding to the listed agencies and purposes in the Supplementary Estimates (C).

Oppose extending the federal wage subsidy program beyond its prior expiry.

Oppose allowing extension of subsidy programs by regulation; prefer legislative changes only.

Oppose mandating this specific audit if seen as duplicative or politically motivated.

Oppose the budgetary amendment if it improperly authorizes spending or lacks oversight.

Oppose expanding leave entitlements that may impose additional burdens on federally regulated employers.

Oppose establishing a new federal lockdown benefit program.