Canadian News & Opinion

Taxpayers Federation Analysis Finds 33 Per Cent of Failed Liberal By-Election Candidates Receive Pat By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- 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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation | 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 Arthur Weinreb | 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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation 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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation --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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation 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 Arthur Weinreb | 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 Fraser Institute | September 1, 2016

Education Spending and Public School Enrolment in Canada, 2016 Edition

Pallister provides honesty to Churchill and The Pas By Canadian Taxpayers Federation 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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation | 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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- 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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- 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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation | 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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation --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 Arthur Weinreb | 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 Fraser Institute | August 11, 2016

Ontario vs. Michigan: Policy Lessons from the Wolverine State

Venezuela offers a warning that declining economic freedom has consequences By Fraser Institute | August 9, 2016

Changes in Economic Freedom in Venezuela, Ireland, and the United States

Supreme Court to Only Hear from Big Governments and Big Unions in Landmark Case By Canadian Taxpayers Federation 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 J Desmond McGrath | August 6, 2016

Open letter to the Minister of Veterans Affairs

Health care costs typical Canadian family more than $11,000 per year By Fraser Institute | 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 Fraser Institute | July 28, 2016

Electoral Rules and Fiscal Policy Outcomes

Premiers’ Online Wine Sale Proposal Disregards Consumers’ and Producers’ Constitutional Rights By News on the Net | 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 Canadian Taxpayers Federation --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

When measuring inequality, it’s crucial to understand how income and wealth are earned By Fraser Institute | July 21, 2016

How Income and Wealth are “Earned” Matters in Understanding Inequality

Say no to a New Home Tax By Canadian Taxpayers Federation --Todd MacKay, Prairie Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation | July 19, 2016

City hall thinks taxpayers can always find ways to trim their family budgets in order to pay new taxes. But city hall seems to think that trimming its own budget is an absolute impossibility

84 killed in France and Justin Trudeau goes tweet tweet tweet By Arthur Weinreb | July 17, 2016

Justin Trudeau is completely satisfied to tweet out his shock and utter vague generalities about fighting terrorism. He won’t even recognize who the terrorists are even after they win

Carbon taxes in Ontario By Elizabeth Marshall | July 14, 2016

Ontarians must tighten their financial belts, but then, this is not about saving the environment - this is all about "Cash and Control" and nothing else

Prison Guard Wage Arbitration Reveals Broken System By Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- Christine Van Geyn, CTF Ontario Director | July 14, 2016

Wynne needs to stop opening up the arbitration system to more and more groups, and muster the political will to tackle unsustainable union demands head-on

CPP expansion will do little to boost rate of return, particularly for younger Canadians By Fraser Institute | July 14, 2016

Rate of return for expanded CPP remains meagre

Hillier Calls for the End of Cash-for-Access and Big Money in Politics By Randy Hillier | July 12, 2016

Bill 201 - Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act