Canadian News & Opinion
Tax dollars helping to fund anti-oilsands witch hunt
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | November 19, 2015
If anti-oil activists want to spend their time and money on these kinds of endeavours, they’re welcome to. But taxpayers shouldn’t be expected to foot the bill.
School choice can be expanded in Ontario’s public education system
By Fraser Institute | November 19, 2015
Expanding Choice in Ontario’s Public Schools
More Taxpayer Money For Bombardier? Just Say No, Mr. Trudeau
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | November 18, 2015
Bombardier employs a lot of people; and everybody else in the global industry is knee-deep in subsidies, so why not Canada too?
Pot is not the Cash Crop its Supporters Claim
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Jordan Bateman | November 16, 2015
Marijuana legalization is coming, thanks to Prime Minister Trudeau. It will be a fascinating experiment in public safety and taxation policy, one that will be studied for decades to come
How many outs in this game?
By Bob Christie | November 16, 2015
The rise of ISIS is the result of the strife in Syria.The Mideast is in conflagration, and spreading to Europe. Where next?
Canada’s new Defence Minister on ISIS—nothing to see here folks
By Arthur Weinreb | November 13, 2015
Perhaps the Ministry of Defence should be changed to the Ministry of Parkas and Winter Clothing. That would make the Liberals feel so much better about themselves
Bombardier and the Quebec government are asking the new Trudeau government for up to $1.3 billion in tax dollars
Conservatives not off to a good start in opposition
By Arthur Weinreb | November 9, 2015
If interim leader Rona Ambrose continues on this path, there will be no effective opposition to the majority Liberals
Corruption Acceptable? Liberals Won’t Answer
By Randy Hillier | November 6, 2015
The Ontario government is also facing a lawsuit over allegations they manipulated the Green Energy Act rules to benefit the interests of Liberal-connected firms, namely Nextera.
CTF Urges Minister Bains To Refuse Further Handouts for Bombardier
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | November 5, 2015
Bombardier has received $2.2 billion in taxpayer dollars since 1966
Did Premier Kathleen Wynne pay off the police?
By Arthur Weinreb | November 1, 2015
If Wynne and her government are willing to pay monies to Liberal-friendly teachers’ unions, are there any other public employee unions, especially the OPPA that also received these payouts?
The Socialist Republic of Canada
By David Solway | October 31, 2015
Canada elects Obama-lite
Let’s Call ETFO Action the Strike it Actually is, and Dock Pay
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | October 30, 2015
The premier has stated that she may grant this permission if an agreement is not reached by November 1st.
The study also spotlights the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and air quality
CTF Calls on Premier to Halt Plans to Double Land Transfer Tax
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | October 28, 2015
New tax will cost between $10,000 and $15,000 on a $450,000 home, putting home ownership dream further out of reach
CTF Calls for Auditor General Investigation into Possible Quid Pro Quo Payments from Kathleen to Uni
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | October 27, 2015
Kathleen Wynne has secretly paid unions $3.74 million since 2008 to cover so-called union side bargaining costs, without requiring receipts
Trudeau Tax Changes a Mixed Bag for Taxpayers
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | October 26, 2015
The countless promises to spend
Statement By The Prime Minister Of Canada Commemorating The Events Of October 2014
By News on the Net Prime Minister Stephen Harper | October 22, 2015
“As we remember the victims and heroes on this sombre anniversary, let us be thankful for the freedom and peace we continue to enjoy in Canada.”
Province’s Payment to Teachers Damages Bargaining
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | October 22, 2015
At the end of the day, Minister Sandals and Premier Wynne are the ones responsible for creating an overly complex multi-level bargaining system
Halt $1 Million Give-a-Way to Teachers’ Union
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn | October 21, 2015
Ontario High School Teachers' Raise Financed by Diverting Fund for Vulnerable Students
How to Break Up the Logjam over Pharmacare
By C.D. Howe Institute | October 21, 2015
“Pharmacare is a top-of-mind issue for many Canadians,” states Blomqvist. “As a share of overall health costs, prescribed drugs rose from 6.3 percent in 1975 to 13.4 percent in 2014,”
Imagining campaign rhetoric becoming reality
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Todd MacKay | October 20, 2015
There is one element of Mr. Trudeau’s plan that requires no imagination: debt. The Liberals say they will run deficits of up to $10 billion each year for the next three years
CTF Releases Pension and Severance Figures for 2015 Election
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | October 20, 2015
Pension reforms which kick in on January 1, 2016 will see MPs and Senators finally paying more towards their own pensions
CTF Releases Final 2015 Election Spending Tracker
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Aaron Wudrick | October 15, 2015
Liberal plan to spend an additional $10.1 billion in 2016-17 is the most expensive of the three main parties
Canada could be in for a fundamental transformation
By Arthur Weinreb | October 14, 2015
At least Obama has some experience with real life gained as a community organizer on the streets of Chicago. The part time drama teacher has none.
“There’s a school of thought out there that higher costs and fees are associated with greenfield development
Haughty, arrogant Mulcair will go down to horrible defeat in Quebec and in the rest of Canada on Oct.19. Be reduced to third party status in Canada, behind the victorious Conservative and the resurgent federal Liberals
Election media bias is journalistic disgrace
By Roland Seguin | October 12, 2015
You can bet the farm that the big enviro-foundations are funneling eco-dollars into Liberal coffers.
There’s a new class of politicians and it ain’t pretty
By Arthur Weinreb | October 7, 2015
If Johnstone and Tabbara are any indication of the quality of some of the candidates out there, Canada is in for a lot of repeating of history

