Canadian News & Opinion

Top performers in business—like top athletes and entertainers—highly sought after global By Fraser Institute | January 3, 2019

CEO to Worker Pay: Global Competition for Top Talent

Time for a government in your corner By News on the Net | January 2, 2019

Canada's Carbon Tax

TOP 5 WORST Things Trudeau Has Done As Prime Minister By News on the Net | December 28, 2018

CTF Releases New Year’s Tax Changes for 2019 By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, CTF Federal Director | December 27, 2018

• Increase in Canada Pension Plan tax rate will cost workers an additional $98 per year
• Canada Workers Benefit will help low-income taxpayers
• Bracket creep remains a problem in several provinces

Amount Canadians give to charity down more than 30% since 2006 By Fraser Institute | December 20, 2018

Canadians remain far less generous than Americans

Taxpayers Federation launches billboard thanking Premier Ford for ending the carbon tax By Canadian Taxpayers Federation | December 19, 2018

Billboard features photo of pledge Ford signed with the Taxpayers Federation committing to eliminate cap-and-trade and to fight the Trudeau carbon tax

Taxpayers Federation demands real action for energy sector instead of corporate welfare By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, CTF Federal Director | December 19, 2018

• Withdrawing Bill C-69
• Withdrawing the federal carbon tax
• Reducing business taxes to make Canada more competitive with the United States

YELLOW VESTS CANADA By News on the Net | December 15, 2018

Post Millennial: Carbon taxes, reckless spending, and the UN Global Compact on Migration are all upsetting Canadians.

Ontario comptroller goes down with her failed accounting methods By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | December 14, 2018

The government, the unions, the auditor general, the financial accountability officer, and, ultimately, the voters, have all made it clear Ontario needs a higher accounting standard.

Lessons from the U.K., New Zealand, Australia indicate that government-run pharmacare limits access By Fraser Institute | December 13, 2018

The Unintended Consequences of National Pharmacare Programs in Australia, New Zealand and the UK

Was Sun columnist paid off for pro-Trudeau opinion piece? By Arthur Weinreb | December 11, 2018

Objective journalism in Canada’s mainstream media is effectively dead

Auditor General’s Naughty List is Ford’s To-Do List By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | December 7, 2018

The report can and should be used to inform changes that will bring cost savings for Ontario taxpayers and reduce the province’s massive deficit. Taxpayers couldn’t get a better Christmas present

The Shocking Conditions in Canada’s ‘Third World’ By Colin Alexander | December 6, 2018

A new book takes on the shocking conditions in Canada’s 'Third World'

Canadian taxpayers subsidize government pensions to the tune of $22 billion a year By Fraser Institute | December 6, 2018

Risk and Reward in Public Sector Pension Plans: a Taxpayer’s Perspective

Taxpayers Fed. slams Toronto City Council vote to double councillor budgets and possible salary hike By Canadian Taxpayers Federation | December 5, 2018

• On the new council’s first day at work, councillors voted 18-8 to double their office budgets to $482,000
• Council also asked the city manager to report on recommendations for councillor salaries

Auditor General report is a “to-do” list for Premier Ford By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | December 5, 2018

• The Auditor General’s 2018 Annual Report conducted 15 value for money audits
• Taxpayers Federation calls on Premier Doug Ford to take action on recommendations of Auditor General and eliminate waste

Ontario’s health-care wait times no longer shortest in Canada By Fraser Institute | December 4, 2018

Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2018

CANADIAN ECONOMY STARTS TO SLIP: MLI’S LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATOR By Macdonald Laurier Institute | December 4, 2018

Will governments ever learn their lesson on corporate welfare? By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | December 3, 2018

When governments pick favourite companies to get free handouts, they are punishing the rest of us who are paying the bill with ever-increasing taxes and ever-increasing deficits

Taxpayers Federation stands with Ontario as it challenges Ottawa’s carbon tax in court By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | November 30, 2018

CTF will seek intervenor status in the newly announced Ontario court action against the federal carbon tax

Canadian provinces shut out of top 10 most-attractive jurisdictions for oil and gas investment in an By Fraser Institute | November 29, 2018

2018 Global Petroleum Survey

Canadian Taxpayers Federation reacts to corporate welfare handout to Maple Leaf Foods By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | November 27, 2018

“Canadian and Ontario taxpayers just found out they’re getting the opportunity to make an involuntary donation of $62 million to a profitable, private business."

82% of freshwater monitoring stations in Canada report fair to excellent quality By Fraser Institute | November 27, 2018

Evaluating the State of Fresh Water in Canada

Canadian Taxpayers Federation reacts to news regarding General Motors’ Oshawa plant closure By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | November 26, 2018

What is absolutely clear is that giving multinational corporations taxpayer bailouts is not the solution

Justin Trudeau Buying the Media in time for 2019 Election By News on the Net | November 23, 2018

Free speech in Canada died today

Canadian Taxpayers Federation reacts to federal Fall Economic Statement By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | November 21, 2018

Are we there yet? The long road to a balanced budget By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | November 21, 2018

The government needs to aggressively address spending and reconsider their trepidation over the optics of reducing the size and compensation of the bureaucracy

Economic update must address Canada’s lack of business investment By Fraser Institute | November 19, 2018

“Unfortunately, we’re witnessing this flight of capital out of Canada on many different fronts,”

Taxpayers Federation praises fall economic statement for focus on taxpayers, but wants timeline for By Canadian Taxpayers Federation | November 16, 2018

• Fall economic statement includes a new tax credit for low-income workers and an end to subsidies for political parties
• Government has achieved savings of $3.2 billion since taking office

Canada among highest health-care spenders yet ranks near bottom on number of doctors, hospital beds By Fraser Institute | November 8, 2018

Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2018