Canadian News, Opinion

Landmark Appeal Court victory re-enforces financial transparency for First Nations By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Todd MacKay – CTF Prairie Director | March 29, 2018

MLI Mourns Passing of Renowned Philanthropist Peter Munk By Macdonald Laurier Institute | March 29, 2018

Tax escalator on alcohol begins on April 1, with excise taxes rising 1.5% By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | March 29, 2018

No Escalator Tax campaign

Small Business Reaction to 2018 Ontario Budget By Guest Column -- Canadian Federation of Independent Business | March 28, 2018

Provincial government missed another opportunity to directly offset the rising payroll costs for small business

Ontario 2018 Budget: Bigger deficits, more spending, higher taxes By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | March 28, 2018

• Minister Sousa brags of fiscal prudence while running $6.7 billion deficit
• Government plans on running six years of deficits while simultaneously raising income taxes

Stop letting Wynne call it a ‘modest’ deficit By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | March 27, 2018

Taxpayers need to take a serious look at the budget when it's tabled at Queen's Park on Wednesday, and ask themselves if an additional $5,600 in their household budget is "modest," and who could spend it better: their family, or Premier Wynne?

Canada needs more investment, not another government agency By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | March 27, 2018

Make Canada a place where it's easy to set up shop, easy to do business and easy to turn a profit.

Yes, the Sunshine List still matters By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | March 26, 2018

Accountability matters, and taxpayers in Ontario have very few tools in their toolbox for holding their government accountable for how their hard earned tax dollars are spent

What did Kathleen Wynne mean by ‘old white people’? By Arthur Weinreb | March 22, 2018

Wynne probably didn’t mean to suggest carbon taxes have nothing to do with carbon emissions either

Balanced budgets still matter to Canadians By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, CTF Federal Director | March 21, 2018

The result of this recklessness is that the party that could once credibly claim strong fiscal bona fides – the party of Paul Martin, deficit slaying finance minister – has seen its economic credentials steadily erode since coming to office

Premiers’ Performance: Moe and Horgan claim highest approval, Wynne’s worries continue By Angus Reid Institute | March 21, 2018

More premiers see improvement to their approval than decline

What Goodale’s ‘Guns and Gangs Summit’ Missed All Together By Dennis R. Young | March 20, 2018

• Little real evidence that Canada's gun control programs are working
• No Value-for-Money Audits - No Cost/Effectiveness Evaluations in the last 25 years!

Canada’s health-care system stands in stark contrast to more successful universal systems worl By Fraser Institute | March 20, 2018

How Canadian Health Care Differs from Other Systems

Doug Ford should not be quick to reject Trump comparison By Arthur Weinreb | March 19, 2018

More negative coverage he gets from the left wing media, the more he will resonate with ordinary people. Ford should not run around saying, “Vote for me, I’m just like Donald Trump.” But he should not run away from comparisons to the U.S. president

Scheer’s delight? If an election were held tomorrow, CPC could have a shot at majority governm By Angus Reid Institute | March 19, 2018

Majority of Canadians disapprove of Justin Trudeau for the first time since he became Prime Minister

Transparency strengthened at Thunderchild First Nation By Canadian Taxpayers Federation | March 16, 2018

Thunderchild's leaders are getting more money than most First Nations leaders and that's something bandmembers need to talk about in the next election

Ontario needs more than one year of improved economic growth to make-up for stagnant decade By Fraser Institute | March 15, 2018

Ontario’s Lost Decade: 2007-2016

Manitoba government keeps increasing spending and increases taxes with a carbon tax By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Todd MacKay – CTF Prairie Director | March 13, 2018

It is critically important to slay the deficit because the money wasted on interest on the existing debt is now more than $1 billion every year.”

Trudeau’s opportunity to welcome Islamic terrorist back to Canada By Arthur Weinreb | March 7, 2018

Aside from providing hours of laughter, Justin Trudeau and his party are more of a danger to Canada than some drug addled terrorist is

Spineless Trudeau Carries No Stick in a Canada/US Trade War By Mitch Wolfe | March 5, 2018

Trump's path to an easy 2020 victory

Embracing commerce, economic opportunities raises living standards, incomes—Fort McKay First Nation By Fraser Institute | March 1, 2018

The Community Capitalism of the Fort McKay First Nation: A Case Study

Morneau’s ‘Seinfeld’ budget punts on the big issues By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director, CTF | February 28, 2018

To get back to a balanced budget, Minister Morneau will need to do more than just stand still. He’ll actually need to make some tough choices.

Can the Conservatives take advantage of Trudeau’s ‘Bengal Blunders?’ By Arthur Weinreb | February 27, 2018

Canada’s poor excuse for a leader, his trip to India made not only him, but Canada a laughingstock throughout the world

Taxpayers Federation: Budget 2018 still offers no plan back to balance By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | February 27, 2018

• Federal debt to rise a further $80 billion by 2022 – a total increase of $110 billion since Liberals came into office
• Tax changes will squeeze an additional $1 billion annually out of small businesses by 2022

Ottawa’s plan is not working; budget ignores major economic challenges By Fraser Institute | February 27, 2018

“This was an opportunity to shift gears and begin repairing Canada’s competitiveness, but Ottawa chose not to.”

Ottawa could balance budget in 2019 (as promised) with modest spending reduction By Fraser Institute | February 24, 2018

Back on Track: How the Federal Liberals Can Deliver Their Promised Balanced Budget by 2019/2

Hilarious: Justin Trudeau Dresses Like Indian Stereotype in India and Gets Slammed By Selwyn Duke | February 24, 2018

“Did you run out of coloring books, Justin?!” The immaturity of the modern leftist is absolutely staggering

NAFTA can help end corporate welfare By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Aaron Wudrick, CTF Federal Director | February 23, 2018

NAFTA may or may not be beyond saving — but putting forward a proposal that could help pre-empt costly future trade spats and prevent future subsidy bidding wars might be worth a shot

Trudeau: People who are cynical about institutions are ‘lazy’ By Arthur Weinreb | February 23, 2018

Ben Shapiro once tweeted “Justin Trudeau is what would happen if the song ‘Imagine’ took human form and then ate a Tide Pod.”

Budget Will Show If Federal Government Can Buck Historical Trends and Cut Spending Growth By Macdonald Laurier Institute | February 22, 2018

A Tale of Two Governments: How Historical Trends Cast Doubt on Federal Promises of Fiscal Restraint