Canadian News, Opinion

Ottawa’s carbon tax hike out of step with global reality By -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director, Franco Terrazzano, Alberta Director | May 19, 2020
Now more than ever, Canadian taxpayers need relief. With carbon tax burdens declining around the globe during the COVID-19 crisis, walking back the recent carbon tax hike should be a no-brainer for our federal government
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The Montreal Nursing Homes Massacre By | May 19, 2020
A shadow party of Montreal-area politico-medical elites who during the years immediately preceding the pandemic obsessively clamoured for the social licence, legal permission to exterminate the precise people who are now dropping like flies under the
Tax Freedom Day is May 19 - but there’s not much to celebrate By | May 19, 2020
COVID-19’s Weakness is its Strength By | May 17, 2020
The effects of COVID-19 are far reaching today and will be far-lasting tomorrow.
PONTIFICATING PROFESSORS ARE NO HELP! By -- | May 16, 2020
So let them surrender their faculty positions, sign up for retraining in green industries, and lead us into a glorious green future
Ottawa hiked carbon tax during crisis while other nations reduced theirs: Taxpayers Federation By -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | May 14, 2020
There is no worse time to hike taxes than during an economic downturn
The existential Fight For The Future Of The West Itself By --Susan Hearn | May 12, 2020
Albertan adults who know better are forced to enter an existential fight beyond defending oil, which will define the future direction of the West's survival at all, within confederation.
Two thirds of Canadians want Members of Parliament to cut their own salaries: Taxpayers Federation By -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | May 8, 2020
• Recent opinion survey shows 66 per cent of Canadians say MPs should reduce their own pay
• Latest projections show a $252 billion deficit meaning future reductions in government spending are inevitable
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Medical wait times cost Canadian patients more than $2 billion in lost wages before COVID-19 By | May 7, 2020
The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care, 2020
THE PALTRY $2.5 BILLION “RETURN OF FUNDS”! By -- Ken Pirie | May 5, 2020
It is time for Albertans to demand a sovereign Alberta. Albertans are ready and prepared to choose their own destiny!
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Canada: Virus Follows Communist China Ties By -- NTD NEWS | May 5, 2020
More remains found as helicopter search turns to recovery By | May 2, 2020
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The Bells of Banff By | April 29, 2020
"Amazing Grace" performed by Heather Jean Jordan
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Alberta’s net contribution to Ottawa—more than $94 billion—dwarfed contributions f By | April 28, 2020
“Canada cannot reach its full economic and fiscal potential unless Alberta is able to fulfill its own economic potential.”
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RCMP Fails to Stand on Guard for Thee: Lessons from Canada’s worst mass shooting By | April 25, 2020
Time for MPs to take a pay cut By -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | April 21, 2020
The Trudeau Foundation Exposed By | April 20, 2020
Trudeau government increased national debt by more than $84 billion before COVID-19 By | April 15, 2020
What Would Chrétien’s Budget Rules Have Meant for Trudeau.
Canadians need help now - so cut their taxes By | March 31, 2020
Tax relief is instantaneous. Money is simply left in the hands of those who need it
Taxpayers Federation calls for a freeze on carbon tax and other taxes By -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | March 30, 2020
• Tax relief must form a key part of governments’ economic rescue efforts
• Tax hikes should be postponed for the duration of coronavirus crisis, including carbon tax hike
• Federal parliamentarians should also donate pay hike
COVID-19: Those least equipped to endure economic downturn bearing the brunt of layoffs By | March 25, 2020
One-third worry their household will be late on a mortgage or rent payment as outbreak roils economy
Taxpayers Federation calls on Trudeau government to respect Parliamentary accountability By -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | March 24, 2020
Fraser Institute’s ranking of Ontario elementary schools coming Sunday, March 15 By | March 15, 2020
The Report Card is a valuable tool for parents both as a source of objective data that they use when they are choosing a school for their children
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Adding UN declaration on Indigenous peoples on top of Canadian law will lead to legal chaos By | March 10, 2020
Squaring the Circle: Adopting UNDRIP in Canada
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation presents 22nd annual Teddy Awards for government waste By -- Aaron Wudrick, CTF Federal Director      | March 8, 2020
• Federal – Global Affairs Canada’s Mission Cultural Fund
• Provincial – Yukon Department of Tourism’s gold in the creek campaign
• Municipal – Toronto’s Euchregate
• Lifetime Achievement – Ex-mayor of Montreal Michael Applebaum
Ottawa’s carbon tax dealt a huge blow in Alberta By Aaron Wudrick and Franco Terrazzano, Canadian Taxpayers Federation | March 2, 2020
The Alberta victory gives new hope that the Supreme Court will strike down the carbon tax and start making life a little easier for taxpayers
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Chrétien government’s historic 1995 budget restored sound fiscal policies in Ottawa; a st By | February 27, 2020
The Budget That Changed Canada
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Canadian jurisdictions drop out of top 10 most attractive places for mining investment By | February 25, 2020
Geologic attractiveness (minerals and metals) and government policies that encourage or deter exploration and investment
Taxpayers Federation celebrates Alberta carbon tax court decision By -- Franco Terrazzano, CTF Alberta Director | February 24, 2020
Ottawa’s carbon tax is unconstitutional: Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act intrudes on provincial jurisdiction
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Taxpayers Federation fact-checks Ontario teachers’ unions By | February 22, 2020
"Instead of asking for more money, teachers' union bosses ought to explain why $300,000 per classroom every year isn't enough. A lack of funding isn't the problem."