Canadian News & Opinion
Winnipeggers know tax hikes when they see them
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation | March 10, 2016
With both revenue sources and debt levels going up, it’s hard to believe a lack of cash is the problem.
CTF Launches French Radio Ad Campaign Opposing Billion Dollar Bombardier Bailout
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick, CTF Federal Director | March 9, 2016
Bombardier has already taken $1.3 billion from Quebec taxpayers and is asking the Trudeau government for up to $1.3 billion more
When it Comes to Office Budgets, MPs Should Show Canadians the Money
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | March 8, 2016
It’s time for our politicians to be more transparent with their spending – and they should start by posting their expense receipts, and show Canadians the money
Quebec has finally turned a corner, balancing its budget and reining in debt while Ontario continues in the opposite direction,
Millions of conservative Canadians are feeling as though the national carpet has been pulled from under their collective feet.
Ontario’s Hocus Pocus Budget
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | March 4, 2016
Rosy GDP and revenue growth depend on a strong economy
Raising the minimum wage will do little to reduce poverty
If Justin Trudeau wants to live within an illusory world of happy-go-lucky globalism, let him do it off-camera, and not as the host of a spectacle Canadians never wanted to see broadcast in the first place
CTF Calls for Federal Government to Reject Senate Sugar Tax
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | March 1, 2016
“The only thing a sugar tax will make thinner are Canadians’ wallets,”
Canada slips in global ranking
Ontario Landowners Association Press Release on Bill 100, Supporting Ontario’s Trails Act
By News on the Net Tom Black | February 27, 2016
This bill seriously underestimates the physical, emotional and economic connection that rural people have to their property.
Watch the money before it’s gone
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Todd MacKay | February 26, 2016
Rather than relegating the First Nations Financial Transparency Act to irrelevance, the legislation needs to be strengthened
Several controversial measures including ongoing "green energy" initiatives and a disastrous "cap-and trade" carbon tax scheme
Budget 2016: Ontario’s Fiscal Train Wreck Continues
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation | February 25, 2016
“Instead of tackling the deficit head on by reducing or freezing program spending, the government continues to expand spending,”
18th Annual Teddy Government Waste Award Winners
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | February 24, 2016
Lifetime Achievement – Bombardier for 50 years of receiving taxpayer handouts
The Impact of Higher Interest Rates on the Cost of Servicing Government Debt
Odd Man Out: The Singular Political Stylings Of Justin Trudeau
By Brad Salzberg | February 24, 2016
Justin Trudeau: a man of the people— as long they are globalist billionaires, non-western diplomats, foreign politicians. For Canadian citizens—we are once again second-class citizens
Long permit wait times hindering mining exploration in Ontario
By Fraser Institute | February 23, 2016
Permit Times for Mining Exploration: How Long Are They?
Photo Radar About Cash Grab, Not Public Safety
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | February 23, 2016
Tory won’t be mayor forever, and it’s safe to bet if Toronto gets a special power to use traffic cameras, those cameras will inevitably make their way into the congested streets of the downtown core
CTF Urges Trudeau Government to Revise Budget Spending Plans
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | February 22, 2016
“The cupboard is beyond bare”
This is not a Charter issue
By Gerald Hall | February 20, 2016
Assisted suicide is in reality an abandonment of seniors, people with disabilities and other socially devalued people such as those who suffer from depression.
CTF Calls on Premier to Halt Tax Hike on Wine
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | February 19, 2016
Wynne and Sousa refused to commit to current tax rates on wine when asked during news conference
CTF Releases Federal Pre-Budget Submission
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | February 19, 2016
Balanced budget, debt reduction, ending corporate welfare and controlling public sector pay and benefits among CTF recommendations
“As policymakers at Queen’s Park prepare to table this year’s provincial budget, they should recognize the source of today’s deficit and debt problem—government spending,”
Cancel, Don’t Delay ORPP
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | February 17, 2016
The delay is happening so that Wynne can better coordinate with the federal government and use the CPP framework for her provincial scheme
Referendum necessary for electoral changes to stay changed
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Todd MacKay | February 16, 2016
Every Canadian must have the opportunity to vote on electoral reform in a national referendum.
Ontario Government Research Shows ORPP Will Lead to Job Losses and Pay Cuts
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | February 16, 2016
Tracking Canadian House Prices
By Ian Nunn | February 12, 2016
In brief, January house prices were down 0.1% nationally. On a city basis, they were up most in Hamilton at 1.04% followed by Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg
Why Are Interest Rates So Low?
Europe on the Brink – Kingdoms of Decay
By Eddie Pedersen | February 10, 2016
Obama, America’s most liberal President, like it or not, has created the middle eastern power vacuum. By pulling America’s military out of Iraq and failing to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement with them, has resuscitated Islamic terror

