Canadian News & Opinion
Culture Wars: The Battle For The Soul Of Canada
By Brad Salzberg | February 9, 2016
“A people without history is like a tree without roots.” Is this what Canadians want their nation to become— a dead tree?
Ontario Government Spent Nearly $600,000 Advertising ORPP During Federal Election
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | February 8, 2016
The Auditor General would have questioned timing of ORPP ads as partisan had government not limited her powers
The Lies My Mommy Told Me, Part III
By Ian Nunn | February 8, 2016
An economy in recession and the collapse in commodity prices and associated exports
A Lesson to Republicans in Canada’s Conservative Party Defeat
By David Solway and Janice Fiamengo | February 7, 2016
Canada's Conservatives lost the election in part because they shrank from being truly conservative. Similarly, should the Republicans lose in November 2016, it will be because they failed to be truly republican
B.C.’s Clark and Quebec’s Couillard best fiscal managers
By Fraser Institute | February 4, 2016
Ontario’s Wynne has worst record among sitting Canadian premiers
All politicians must disclose basic financial information - including First Nations politicians
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Todd MacKay | February 2, 2016
Bennett cannot allow weakened accountability requirements or endless discussions to leave people in First Nations communities in the dark after the disclosure deadline this summer.
CTF Releases Ontaio Pre-Budget Submissions
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation | February 2, 2016
ORPP will cost employees and hurt employment balanced budget, frozen wages, and end of Green Energy Act among CTF recommendations
“To have an absolute advantage policy that says that if land is best for agriculture, it has to stay in agriculture ignores the economic trade-offs of comparative advantage,”
CTF Calls for Premier to Halt Plans for Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | January 26, 2016
ORPP will cost employees and hurt employment
Don’t Rush Infrastructure Spending
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | January 26, 2016
Infrastructure investments need to be considered carefully, prioritized and selected for the long-term benefits they bring
Conservatives anything but dead
By Gerald Hall | January 23, 2016
Conservatives must resist the temptation to go back to "Progressive" Conservatism
End Game: Justin Trudeau And The Cultural Transformation Of Canada
By Brad Salzberg | January 23, 2016
With the election of Canada’s virgin Prime Minister, democratic process in Canada may be on its way toward its eventual death—with both primary gravediggers sharing the last name: Trudeau
Canada is the outlier
Beware the Coming Infrastructure Rip-Off!
By News on the Net | January 21, 2016
Costly and unfair policies of governments that favour unionized companies over their non-unionized counterparts in the granting of contracts to participate in government infrastructure contracts
Corporate tax hikes ultimately reduce the wages of Canadian workers
By Fraser Institute | January 19, 2016
Chief Medical Officer’s Demand for Tax on Pop is Misguided
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | January 18, 2016
Auf Wiedersehen- Chancellor Merkel- The Sudden Decline of Europe’s Iron Lady
By Mitch Wolfe | January 13, 2016
Germany has not lost control of the refugee crisis. Merkel and her government have lost control of this matter.
Like Father, Like Son : Globalist Visions Of Justin & Pierre Trudeau
By Brad Salzberg | January 12, 2016
Justin Trudeau does not get this. In fact, he doesn’t get much—except for a personal tunnel-vision resulting from a sheltered upbringing within a cocoon of political privilege
Twelve Months of Waste: Taxpayers Federation Unveils Special 2016 Calendar
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | January 12, 2016
Despite spending $400 million in taxpayer money, the government’s Phase 2 MARS building cannot find enough tenants.
The Ontario government should look inward at its past policy choices rather than blame inadequate transfers from Ottawa for its deficits,”
Governments need to stop gambling on football
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Todd MacKay | January 11, 2016
Both the provincial government and city hall have to make it crystal clear that the next time the stadium project needs a cash infusion it won’t come from taxpayers
Premier and Minister owe Ontarians explanation on Nipigon Bridge failure
By News on the Net Rob Willett | January 11, 2016
Unanswered questions in wake of $106 million rebuild failure splitting Canada in two
CTF Declares Victory in Duty of Care Court Challenge
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | January 8, 2016
Irvin Leroux’s latest court battle with the Canada Revenue Agency results in historic ‘duty of care’ ruling remaining intact
Don’t force First Nations members to wait for financial accountability
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Todd MacKay | January 8, 2016
First Nations Financial Transparency Act, Bill C-27
“The Art of the Deal”: U.K. Edition
By Mike Henkins | January 6, 2016
As we say in the United States: “How did that work out for ya?”
Principled Supporters of Electoral Reform Should Concede the Obvious and Call for a Referendum
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | December 30, 2015
Principled reformers should concede the obvious, and make calls for a referendum on electoral reform unanimous.
CTF Releases New Year’s Tax Changes for 2016
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | December 28, 2015
Trudeau government’s middle income tax cut means more money for most Canadians
The word ‘refugee’ has no meaning anymore
By Arthur Weinreb | December 28, 2015
It seems these people fleeing for their lives were just not ready to come to Canada.They were too busy saying goodbye to family and friends and those with assets needed time to sell them
What refugees cost for a family of five: But what about our own people?
By Colin Alexander | December 28, 2015
For the same money, we could help a hundred times as many refugees in existing camps

