Canadian News, Opinion

Justin—don’t mistake anger for fear and anxiety By | September 23, 2016
Ordinary Canadians are mad Trudeau wants Canada to become a post-national state and detests whatever true Canadian culture we have left
Tax-free Cigarettes Adding to Ontario’s Contraband Problem By Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | September 22, 2016
One of the simplest steps to fight contraband would be to reduce the number of tax-free government allocated cigarettes given to aboriginal reserves
Ontario Government Allocates Millions More Cigarettes to Reserves than can be Legally Smoked, Losing By Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | September 21, 2016
Data reveals that the government has foregone $9.2 billion over eight years in tobacco taxes Calculations reveal that government is allocating 313 million cigarettes more to aboriginal reserves than can be legally sold or consumed
Wynne Launches Petition Against… Herself? By --Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | September 16, 2016
So if Wynne is aware of the message being given to her by thousands of Ontarians, and she is even asking herself to take action, why isn't she actually doing anything?
Justin Trudeau should make Parliament more diverse By | September 15, 2016
Segregation forever! It’s a matter of diversity
Time to End Political Patronage Appointments By -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | September 15, 2016
The appointment system isn’t working. The government treats ABC appointments as a parting gift to retiring party favourites and failed candidates
Canada ranks among top five jurisdictions worldwide for economic freedom, but… By | September 15, 2016
Recent policy changes threaten Canada’s ranking in the coming years
Taxpayers Federation Analysis Finds 33 Per Cent of Failed Liberal By-Election Candidates Receive Pat By -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | September 14, 2016
• Analysis shows patronage given to 9 per cent of Liberal candidates who failed, retired, or subsequently won
• Ontario has more patronage appointments than the Federal government
Farmers worry about the environment, but a Prius can’t pull an air seeder By | September 12, 2016
Canadian farmers are the best in the world at adapting to a tough climate and they’re already producing more food while using less land, water and fuel per bushel
When it comes to having a ‘Basket of Deplorables,’ Canada is Number 1!!! By | September 12, 2016
Go, Kellie, go! The basket of deplorables needs you
Taxpayers Federation Slams Wynne Throne Speech Plan for Failing to Address Cause of High Hydro Rates By Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | September 12, 2016

• Throne Speech plan will remove 8 per cent provincial HST from hydro bills, while rates rise average 8 per cent per year
• No plan in place to address the root causes of soaring electricity prices

A carbon tax plan must start with a referendum By --Todd MacKay, Prairie Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation | September 10, 2016
If Premier Pallister trusts Manitobans, he will hold a referendum before implementing a carbon tax
Taxpayers Federation: If Hydro Rates are “Urgent Issue” for Wynne, She Must Repeal Green Energy Act By Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | September 9, 2016
• Hydro rates have skyrocketed since the implementation of the Ontario government's Green Energy Act
• Wynne has new plans to hike prices of home heating despite concerns about cost of living
Conservative Party of Canada has no problem with immigrants who hate us By | September 6, 2016
The hell with the conservative base, Rona. Keep on pandering to special interest groups
Spending on public schools up significantly in Ontario despite declining student enrolment By | September 1, 2016
Education Spending and Public School Enrolment in Canada, 2016 Edition
Pallister provides honesty to Churchill and The Pas By Todd MacKay, Prairie Director | August 29, 2016
Taxpayers' money can't fundamentally change the situation for Tolko or OmniTrax. It's a sad, but obvious reality. Premier Pallister is doing the right thing by telling people in Churchill and The Pas the truth
Taxpayers Shut Out of Big Money Court Fight By | August 29, 2016
The Supreme Court had already fallen into the trap of thinking that "government" pays for education, health care and all the employees that provide the same. They don't. Government has no money apart from what it collects in taxes
Taxpayers Federation Slams Wynne’s Plan to Give Even Higher Taxpayer Subsidy to Political Parties By -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | August 23, 2016
Election finance reforms will now see a $2.71 per vote subsidy to political parties instead of planned $2.26 • Taxpayers Federation calls on opposition parties to oppose subsidy
Want to Reduce Dubious Expenses? Post the Receipts Online By -- Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | August 23, 2016
It's time we force Senators, Members of Parliament and their staff to pay more attention to their expenses before they incur them by requiring physical expense receipts to be proactively scanned and posted online
Kathleen Wynne Flip Flopping on Doubling Land Transfer Tax By | August 17, 2016
Kathleen Wynne again musing about giving municipalities power to levy more taxes, like a land transfer tax despite denying any such plan existed in December: Plan will cost between $10,000 and $15,000 on a $450,000 home
Trudeau’s Senate Reforms Could Do More Harm Than Good By --Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director | August 15, 2016
Those celebrating the new "independent" Senate appointment process may want to dial back the enthusiasm.
If the presidential election parallels the last Ontario election, Hillary will win By | August 14, 2016
Future revelations of Clinton’s corruption are not going to make a difference as long as she continues to tell a lot of people what they want to hear
Ontario could boost struggling manufacturing sector by following Michigan’s example By | August 11, 2016
Ontario vs. Michigan: Policy Lessons from the Wolverine State
Venezuela offers a warning that declining economic freedom has consequences By | August 9, 2016
Changes in Economic Freedom in Venezuela, Ireland, and the United States
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Supreme Court to Only Hear from Big Governments and Big Unions in Landmark Case By Federal Director Aaron Wudrick | August 8, 2016
Taxpayers Federation intervenor status rejected - only citizens group that applied to intervene 12 unions granted intervenor status
Newfoundland Government and the God of Abraham MIA at Mordor of Beaumont-Hamel. By | August 6, 2016
Open letter to the Minister of Veterans Affairs
Health care costs typical Canadian family more than $11,000 per year By | August 3, 2016
The Price of Public Health Care Insurance
Changing election rules could lead to more coalition governments and higher government spending and By | July 28, 2016
Electoral Rules and Fiscal Policy Outcomes
Premiers’ Online Wine Sale Proposal Disregards Consumers’ and Producers’ Constitutional Rights By | July 25, 2016
State-run e-commerce hubs are not necessary for Canadian consumers to buy food, books, or clothes from another provinces
Taxpayers Federation Marks Milestone $300 billion Ontario Debt by Bringing Debt Clock to Wynne By --Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | July 25, 2016
• Ontario is the most indebted province in absolute terms • Ontario debt has doubled in the last nine years