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Ontario Elementary Students and Parents Deserve Report Cards By Christine Van Geyn | June 18, 2015
CTF launches petition calling for report cards to be issued
Pegida Exceeds Expectations in Dresden Mayoral Contest By | June 18, 2015
German anti-Islamification party PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West)
Ontario racks up debt while ‘Rust Belt’ states largely balance their books By | June 18, 2015
Coping with a Changing Economic World, compares the economic and fiscal performance of Ontario and Quebec with Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois between 1999 and 2013
Manitoba paints an unflattering family picture By Todd MacKay | June 17, 2015
The Manitoba government is borrowing hundreds of thousands of dollars every day. There is only one source of revenue the government can use to pay it back: taxes
More Canadian parents opting for home-schooling their children; 29 per cent increase between 2007 an By | June 16, 2015
Home Schooling in Canada: The Current Picture--2015
CTF Calls for Senators Boisvenu and Kenny to Recuse Themselves from Voting on Bill C-518 By | June 12, 2015
Bill C-518 would strip taxpayer-funded portion of pensions from politicians convicted of certain crimes
June 10 is Tax Freedom Day, when Canadians start working for themselves and not government By | June 10, 2015
This year’s later Tax Freedom Day continues a trend of delays that began in 2009 when it fell on June 3.
Arbitration process cannot replace criminal investigation process By Aaron Wudrick | June 9, 2015
CTF also calls for timely passage of Bill C-518 and the posting of expense receipts online by Senators, MPs and federal government staff
The Middle East: A Simmer Or a Rolling Boil? By | June 9, 2015
The Sunni / Shia divide must be maintained in a dynamic equilibrium.
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the death of Police Officer Constable Daniel Woodall By Prime Minister Stephen Harper | June 9, 2015
“Constable Woodall’s service to Edmonton and to Canada will be remembered and honoured. We grieve his loss today with Alberta and the rest of the country.”
G-7 Summit: They Call This a Protest? By | June 9, 2015
Sauntering through a “Bavarian Alpine meadow” IN FULL BLOOM (and why not). Hey Ferguson, this is how white folk throw down!
Constantly bashing Justin Trudeau has its consequences By | June 7, 2015
Tories need to spend more time going after Mulcair and forget about silly Justin
We Don’t Need To Expand the CPP By Aaron Wudrick | June 5, 2015
As the backdrop to the debate, much media punditry cites as settled fact that most Canadians simply aren’t saving enough money for their retirement.
Smart Meter Scandal Now Becoming a Safety Issue By | June 4, 2015
Smart meters haven’t cut consumption at peak times and often they don’t even relay their information back to the central data centre.
Government employees in Canada paid 9.7% more than comparable employees in private-sector By Jason Clemens, Charles Lammam | June 4, 2015
If governments want to better control spending to rein in deficits and debt, one option is to ensure compensation paid to government employees broadly reflects private-sector compensation for similar positions
Canadians Remain Deeply Skeptical About Carbon Pricing By | June 4, 2015
National carbon tax
Polling Data Doesn’t Support the Nuclear Abolitionists By | June 3, 2015
Time to stop dreaming of unicorns and have the nuclear abolitionists join the real world
Fire Sale of a Majority of Hydro One a Dangerous Move By | June 1, 2015
With the sale of a majority of the company through the misguided actions of the Liberal Government, it means that Hydro One will no longer be ‘for the people’
RCMP Slam doors shut on High River Access To Information requests By | June 1, 2015
High River ATIP requests are now being "Exempted in their Entirety" by RCMP
Ben Levin: Child pornography charges were the least of it By | June 1, 2015
Levin is not just a person who likes to look at pictures of children having sex; he is a sexual sadist who enjoys at least hearing about pain inflicted upon small defenceless children
British Columbia’s Carbon Tax Induced Economic Troubles Continue By | May 31, 2015
If you want to harm your economy, follow British Columbia's lead and bring in a carbon tax
Governments missing the mark on energy and environmental regulations By | May 28, 2015
>The Principle of Targeting in Energy and Environmental Policy
Five Reasons Government Debts Aren’t Like Mortgages By Todd MacKay | May 27, 2015
Reason Five: Homeowners don’t force their kids to co-sign mortgages, governments do
Municipal amalgamation in Ontario fails to achieve cost savings in cities both big and small By | May 26, 2015
Municipal Amalgamation in Ontario
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Do The Crime, Lose Your Taxpayer-Funded Pension By Aaron Wudrick | May 25, 2015
Senators haven’t had many chances to show how serious they are about toughening up the rules that govern them
Randi Cogan-Shinder, Toronto’s Hottest Perfume Entrepreneur Triumphs Despite Poor Ontario Busi By | May 21, 2015
Business-unfriendly governments of McGuinty and Wynne
Concern about Canadian household debt levels overblown when assets, other measures taken into accoun By | May 20, 2015
A Longer-Term Perspective on Canada’s Household Debt
A little more interest could cost Manitoba a lot By Todd MacKay | May 19, 2015
Powerful politicians can do many things. They can make laws and impose taxes. But they cannot force the bond market to lend them cheap money.
Ontario taxpayers shouldn’t pay for partisan ads By Christine Van Geyn | May 19, 2015
Neutering the powers of the Auditor General and using taxpayer money to promote partisan ads should have all taxpayers seeing red.
Jobs Continue to Fly Out of Ontario By | May 14, 2015
Skyrocketing hydro rates, high taxes and burdensome red-tape under this Liberal Government are not a recipe for economic success