Canadian News & Opinion

Feds spent $1.6 billion on overtime pay since 2019 By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF | July 7, 2022

“If the government is spending so much money on overtime and hiring more bureaucrats, then why can’t it meet half of its own performance targets?”

Trudeau says he is “banning” firearms in Canada By News on the Net -- Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) | July 6, 2022

Trudeau slip up and says the quiet part out loud

Canada is not free By News on the Net -- Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) | July 6, 2022

Happy Canada Day, Y'all

James Topp arrives at the war memorial to a thunderous applause. By News on the Net -- Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) | July 1, 2022

Tamara Lich ARRESTED AGAIN! Interview with Her Attorney Keith Wilson By News on the Net -- Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) | July 1, 2022

Ahead of Canada Day Freedom Protest: New signs noting restricted items have been installed By News on the Net -- Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) | June 30, 2022

Fencing has been installed around the Supreme Court of Canada ahead of the planned Canada Day freedom protests By News on the Net -- The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) | June 30, 2022

Annual Indigenous spending expected to reach $35.5 billion in 2026, largely due to judicial settlements By Fraser Institute | June 28, 2022

Indigenous Spending in Budget 2022

Mayor John Tory was at the Toronto Gay Pride Day Parade, but thank God he was wearing his clothes! By News on the Net | June 27, 2022

A group of naked people marches in the Toronto Pride Parade, which has many children in attendance.

Trudeau Wants You Focused On American Politics To Distract From How He’s Corrupting Canada’s Institutions & Wrecking Our Economy By News on the Net -- Spencer Fernando | June 25, 2022

Canada does not have any laws limiting access to abortions

Ottawa’s plan to reach zero plastic waste by 2030 will have virtually no effect on the environment, but will impose high costs on Canadians By Fraser Institute | June 23, 2022

Policymakers should instead focus on improper waste disposal in Canada as a way of reducing what little amount of Canadian plastic that does end up as litter

Canada second highest debt accumulator (as a share of the economy) out of 33 countries from 2019-21 By Fraser Institute | June 23, 2022

The Accumulated Debt and Economic Performance of Industrialized Countries during COVID

Free speech victory for Canadians: Ontario Court rules against government gag law By Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms | June 22, 2022

Canada’s Political Reform is Well Underway: Poilievre As Leader! By Bob Hoye | June 21, 2022

Canada’s political reform movement needs a determined fighter as a leader

Taxpayers Federation releases report on the hazards of Bill C-11 By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Jay Goldberg, CTF Ontario & Interim Atlantic Director | June 20, 2022

A Fatally Flawed Gateway to Government Censorship

Taxpayers Federation calls on Simon to release detailed receipts for Middle East trip By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF | June 16, 2022

$93,118-tab doesn’t include other expenses that may have been incurred during the trip, such as accommodations and meals while at the destinations

Today is Tax Freedom Day—when Canadian families start working for themselves By Fraser Institute | June 15, 2022

Tax Freedom Day for each province varies according to the extent of the provincially and locally levied tax burden

Trudeau needs to get Rideau Hall spending under control By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF | June 15, 2022

Federal interest costs will increase—perhaps substantially—if interest rates continue to rise By Fraser Institute | June 9, 2022

Low Interest Rates and the Cost of Government Debt

Canada is only one of six industrialized countries (out of 28) that doesn’t have cost-sharing; introduction could improve Canadian health-care By Fraser Institute | June 8, 2022

Understanding Universal Health Care Reform Options: Cost-Sharing for Patients

Canada risks European-like energy crisis if similar policies continue to be pursued By Fraser Institute | May 31, 2022

Can Canada Avoid Europe’s Energy Crisis?

Shrinking ratio of Canadian workers to seniors will strain government finances in coming years; only 3 working age individuals for every senior by 2027 By Fraser Institute | May 26, 2022

Understanding the Changing Ratio of Working-Age Canadians to Seniors and Its Consequences

Reforming the Indian Act to facilitate Indigenous property rights key to increasing First Nations entrepreneurship By Fraser Institute | May 19, 2022

The Indian Act—A Barrier to Entrepreneurship

Continued government deficits jeopardize economic recovery By Fraser Institute | May 17, 2022

Do Budget Deficits Matter?

Trudeau looking at a wealth tax to pay for soaring spending By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation | May 16, 2022

France figured out the dangers of a wealth tax the hard way, losing rich people and income tax revenue as a result. Canada should learn from France’s experience and take a pass on wealth taxes

I want to take 30 seconds and debunk as many myths about the trucker protests as possible By News on the Net -- Dane Lloyd (@DaneLloydMP) | May 16, 2022

Trudeau Using Anti-Racism Campaigns To Banish Christianity From Society By Brad Salzberg | May 14, 2022

Liberal government using subterfuge to erode Christianity in Canada-- Trudeau government are using racism to transform society

Trudeau talks about “hatred and vitriol”, while spewing hatred and vitriol By News on the Net -- Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) | May 14, 2022

Justin Trudeau is destroying Canada

Canada: the World’s Most Comfortable Gulag By David Solway | May 11, 2022

Learning to live with fascism, one edict at a time

Reforms needed to improve student testing in most provinces By Fraser Institute | May 10, 2022

Testing Canadian K-12 Students: Regional Variability, Room for Improvement