Canadian News, Opinion

Flawed equalization program can’t respond fairly to big changes in Canadian economy By | August 22, 2017
Should Equalization Keep on Growing in an Era of Converging Fiscal Capacity
The Charter’s Notwithstanding Clause and Canada’s border crisis By | August 22, 2017
As to whether there is an advantage to just walk into Canada, either these thousands of people are stupid or Trudeau is; I leave it for the reader to decide
The Invasion of Canada By | August 19, 2017
Borders exist to protect a country. We see that in Europe. We see it in America and Canada. And leaders who refuse to protect the border are really refusing to protect the nation that it represents
Hillier & Reid: Parks Canada Needs to Take Responsibility for Flooding By | August 17, 2017
"In my opinion, the flooding in Tay Valley Township along Christie Lake and the Tay River was the direct result of the decision made by Parks Canada"
Can You Buy A Canadian Citizenship? Almost By | August 17, 2017
Citizenship, and pathways to citizenship, should not be for sale—it is too valuable. Citizenship is sacred.
Lower interest rates and rising incomes more than doubled amount Canadians can borrow for a home By | August 17, 2017
Interest Rates and Mortgage Borrowing Power in Canada
Ottawa faces stark choice in NAFTA talks; scrap high-profile protectionist policies or risk the deal By | August 16, 2017
The Fate of NAFTA: Possible Scenarios and their Implications for Canada
Canada’s aerospace industry is a giant pyramid scheme By -- Aaron Wudrick, CTF Federal Director | August 14, 2017
It's far past time we accept the obvious: aerospace isn't special, and its perpetual coddling by politicians soaks Canadian taxpayers and hurts Canadian businesses in other industries
Trudeau helps Trump ‘Make American Great Again!’ By | August 14, 2017
Trudeau’s immigration policies, he’s saving the American government billions of dollars and helping get rid of thousands of illegal immigrants, many of them serious criminals. He truly is helping Trump rid the United States of criminal illegals
Pikangikum Rez: Exemplar of Canada’s Environmentalist Gulag By | August 13, 2017
The traditional lifestyle they champion harkens to the fur trade; an episode that constitutes but a flicker of time in their own history and hardly embodies the climax of human civilization.
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance in Stratford faces soaring electricity bills By Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | August 11, 2017
$578,141 (43%) increase in the cost of electricity to Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance in Stratford since 2012
The Tories seem totally unconcerned about securing Canada’s border By | August 10, 2017
Canadians cannot count on the Conservative Party of Canada to do anything to secure Canada’s southern border
Woodstock Hospital electricity prices soar By | August 10, 2017
$619,871 (60%) increase in the cost of electricity to Woodstock since 2012
London Health Sciences electricity bills surge by $2.1 million By -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | August 9, 2017
• $2,407,197 (35%) increase in the cost of electricity for University Hospital and Victoria Hospital since 2012
•The increase in electricity costs for University Hospital alone is $1.48 million (44%)
Canadians unclear on definition of “GMOs”, but want mandatory GMO labeling anyway By | August 9, 2017
Avoiding Genetically Modified Organisms is not a top priority for most when grocery shopping
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital electricity bills skyrocketing By -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | August 9, 2017
$581,925 (75%) increase in the cost of electricity to St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital since 2012
THE COVER-UP OF HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES CONTINUES By | August 7, 2017
The 'legal authorities paper' the RCMP and Alberta Justice don't want you to see
Canada’s Passchendaele Heroes Offer Lessons for Today By | August 5, 2017
Now fast forward to 2017, Justin Trudeau and Omar Khadr
Ontario government’s timeline to reduce debt lacks specifics and relies on questionable assump By | August 3, 2017
Wishful Thinking: An Analysis of Ontario’s Timeline for Shrinking Its Debt Burden
Save the planet through innovation not taxation By Todd MacKay, Prairie Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation | August 2, 2017
We need to focus on promising innovations to protect the environment rather than failed punitive taxes
Health-care costs for typical Canadian family will eclipse $12,000 this year; up nearly 70% since 19 By | August 1, 2017
Most Canadians are unaware of the true cost of health care
Taxpayers can’t afford the bill for Diversity Gardens By -- Todd MacKay – CTF Prairie Director | July 29, 2017
$60 million on the Diversity Gardens project
Decision: Alberta’s discriminatory beer tax violates Agreement on Internal Trade By | July 29, 2017
The AIT is a free-trade agreement between all Canadian provinces and the federal government
Promised green jobs aren’t sticking around By -- Christine Van Geyn | July 25, 2017
Between 2006 and 2014, Ontarians overpaid for electricity by $37 billion, and will be overcharged by another $133 billion by 2032
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Trudeau government: Respect for human rights of others only voluntary By | July 25, 2017
Trudeau is sending out the message that imams preaching death to Jews and gays and treating women as second class citizens is okay in his Canada. And it seems it is
Alberta’s Child Advocate Plays the Tattered Residential School Card By | July 24, 2017
WORDS OF WISDOM TO PENNY By -- Elaine Tanner OC | July 24, 2017
Mighty Mouse Elaine Tanner
Tomorrow marks 100th anniversary of introduction of the federal income tax By -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | July 24, 2017
• Canadians have paid $4.9 trillion in income tax since 1917
• $100 bills worth that much laid end to end would reach around the circumference of the earth 186 times
Canadian Senior: I’m impecunious and in need of financial aid By -- Alexander S. Romanchuk | July 23, 2017
I don’t want to be a parasite on the public purse because after all I did file my income tax returns and pay my taxes when due for about 60 odd years
34 per cent of businesses might sell, close or move due to Ontario’s minimum wage hikes By | July 21, 2017
An astonishing 34 per cent of Ontario’s small- and medium-sized businesses would consider selling, closing or moving their business outside of Ontario