Canadian News, Opinion

Ontario’s Tax and Borrow Budget Raises Serious Concerns About Financial Future of Province By Christine Van Geyn | April 23, 2015
Budget 2015-16 shows a $10.9 billion deficit, projects a $8.5 billion deficit next year
Ontario budget: New taxes and high government spending threaten provincial economy By | April 23, 2015
"This is a terrible budget for Ontario, and it sacrifices the province’s hopes for economic recovery,"
Ontario budget 2015: Job-killing pension tax threatens small business By | April 23, 2015
Budget 2015 did not address other key small business concerns
Ontario Tobacco Tax Revenue ….Gone in a puff of smoke By --Arthur B. Laffer | April 22, 2015
1 in 3 cigarettes sold in Ontario are illicit:
Federal budget balanced without tax hikes By | April 22, 2015
If Canada is to return to financial health by paying down debt, holding the line on spending isn’t enough: government must cut waste and reduce overall spending.
Taxpayers Federation Applauds Balanced Federal Budget By Aaron Wudrick | April 21, 2015
Budget 2015-16 shows $1.4 billion surplus; will be applied to federal debt
Back-and-forth funding of essential infrastructure hurting municipalities By | April 20, 2015
“The Liberal government continues to mismanage the provincial budget leaving municipalities and taxpayers left to pick up the tab,”
Fraser Institute ranks academic performance of 749 Ontario secondary schools By Peter Cowley | April 19, 2015
Fraser Institute spotlights schools that succeed with different characteristics
Make Crown Expenses Transparent By | April 17, 2015
Taxpayers need to see both expenses and results for Crown travel
CBC’s Ghomeshi Report Rejected as Whitewash By | April 17, 2015
Canadians’ hard-earned tax dollars should not be used to fund a toxic environment where apparently senior male CBC hosts emotionally and sexually prey on vulnerable female employees.
Ontario’s New Tax on Beer By Christine Van Geyn | April 16, 2015
Province announces plan to impose new tax on beer
Rate of business start-ups dropping as Canada’s population ages; capital gains tax reform an option By | April 15, 2015
Entrepreneurship, Demographics and Capital Gains Tax Reform
Canada appears on the Right Economic Track Federally By | April 14, 2015
We need economical competitive energy prices just to hold our jobs...Most heavy industries are energy intensive and why would they want to locate a new investment in a locale with both high labour costs and high energy costs?
Make your voice heard! Join tomorrow’s huge protests against the sex-ed curriculum By | April 14, 2015
Protest against Kathleen Wynne's graphic and age-inappropriate sex-ed curriculum
Stop Ontario’s Carbon Cap and Tax Grab By Christine Van Geyn | April 13, 2015
Province announces a cap-and-trade carbon tax scheme that could cost Ontario $2 billion per year
What the Mike Duffy trial will definitely prove By | April 12, 2015
If the fact a new appointee is known by all and tacitly encouraged to breach the residency requirement, does that lead to other breaches of the rules?
Ford Nation: Why Hundreds of Thousands Torontonians Supported their Conservative Crack-Smoking Mayor By | April 12, 2015
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Social housing dollars go to world travel By | April 9, 2015
Housing Services Corporation funds their operations by marking up the cost of insurance and natural gas for social housing providers
Higher Taxes on Travel No April Fools Joke By Christine Van Geyn | April 9, 2015
While the price of fuel is falling, much of the savings are being eaten up by these tax increases instead of being passed on to travellers.
Supreme Court decisions creating economic uncertainty for First Nations, for Canada By | April 9, 2015
“Recent court decisions have created opaque and unpredictable rules for making land use decisions,”
Let’s Budget for Debt Repayment By Aaron Wudrick | April 8, 2015
The Harper government has taken a critical first step in getting the books balanced
Principal advisor to Justin Trudeau spends Easter taking shots at Christians By | April 6, 2015
Gerald Butts’ was equating Christians with devil-worshippers
Ontario’s Tax on Flights Rises on April Fools’ Day By | April 1, 2015
Canadian Taxpayers Federation releases three new videos showing impact of jet fuel tax hikes
So many questions left unanswered by the RCMP Public Complaints Commission High River investigation By | March 31, 2015
COMMENTARY #5 - RCMP HIGH RIVER REPORT
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Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Passage of Second ISIL Motion in Parliament By | March 30, 2015
“Our Government believes that we must act to protect Canadians against the threat of terrorism at home and abroad.
SHARIA CREEP By | March 26, 2015
A Look at other forms of SHARIA CREEP as it occurs daily around the World
Any Deal for Hydro One Should be Vetted by Financial Accountability Office and Auditor General to En By | March 25, 2015
"You constantly talk about running an open and transparent government. Now is your chance to live up to your words.”
Spending on Ontario government worker wages and benefits up 47 per cent in less than 10 years By | March 25, 2015
Compensation spending by the Ontario government—including wages, benefits, and pensions—increased by 47.1 per cent
Electric Vehicles Wasting Tax-dollars By | March 25, 2015
Liberal Gov’t announces new $10.6 million program to make clean energy vehicles more affordable.
The real Abomination of the Liberal’s C-68 Firearms Act By | March 24, 2015
Register Criminals, not hunters, collectors, and sports shooters: The current gun laws make no sense and as described above are inherently dangerous to both the police and the public.