Canadian News, Opinion

Ontario’s Ministry of Debt By Candice Malcolm | June 5, 2014
Credit agencies have warned of future downgrades
The Cost of MaRS Keeps Growing By Christine Bujold | June 4, 2014
Kathleen Wynne needs to explain the additional costs within the leaked Treasury Board documents
Ontario’s Energy Nightmare By Candice Malcolm | June 3, 2014
If this is how the Ontario Liberals manage the debt of a public utility, can we actually trust them to manage the province’s staggering $289-billion public debt?
Small business says Ontario election should be about jobs and the economy By | June 2, 2014
Small business owners are doing their part to create jobs and grow the economy and they expect the government to break down tax and regulatory barriers as opposed to creating them
“Birthday Bonus” Nothing To Strike About By Christine Bujold | June 1, 2014
Hard-working people across Ontario go to work on their birthdays every year, not to speak of the day after
Kathleen Wynne’s $317 Million Secret Bailout By | May 29, 2014
Kathleen Wynne’s secret plan to bailout the MaRS office building
CTF Welcomes International Leaders to 2014 World Taxpayer Conference By Colin Craig | May 29, 2014
Taxpayer Watchdogs from 21 Countries Arrive for Biennial Conference in Vancouver
Proposed Ontario pension plan will cost individual Ontario workers thousands each year By | May 28, 2014
The government’s proposal to mandate higher household saving with more mandatory pension taxes will cost millions of Ontarians thousands of dollars
Doing Less with More: Why Quebec Lags in Access to Doctors By Claude E. Forget | May 27, 2014
Physician buy-in and a willingness to provide more primary care in the community as opposed to hospitals are key ingredients of a successful transition."
Ontario’s proposed pension plan would limit job, wage growth By | May 26, 2014
CFIB analysis points to similar impacts in Manitoba, PEI
High River, Alberta—The Cover-up Continues By | May 24, 2014
CSSA Commentary:
Kathleen Wynne Releases Her Plan to Eliminate 150,000 private sector jobs By | May 22, 2014
New, mandatory, payroll tax on Ontarians based on the Canada Pension Plan
Leaked Manitoba Hydro Document Confirms CTF Concerns By Colin Craig | May 22, 2014
"Manitoba Hydro refuses to disclose the details on the full $251 million in bills racked up by northern reserves over the past 14 years. What else are they hiding?”
Harper Government Should Scrap $5 Billion Montreal Champlain Bridge Project By Gregory Thomas | May 20, 2014
Quebec’s new government rejecting feds offer of free toll bridge – wants Canadian taxpayers to foot entire bill
Wait times for health care in Canada may be linked to increase in female death rates By Nadeem Esmail | May 20, 2014
“Deaths resulting from delayed medical care are unacceptable"
PCs Will Launch Judicial Inquiry Into Billion-Dollar Gas Plant Scandal By | May 18, 2014
Million Jobs Plan
CTF Calls on Harper to Scrap the 1.5 Cent per Litre Deficit Elimination’ Gas Tax and Tax-on-Ta By Gregory Thomas | May 15, 2014
16th Annual Gas Tax Honesty Day
Policies that raise energy costs limit economic growth in Canada By | May 15, 2014
Energy Abundance and Economic Growth
CTF Calculates Costs of Liberal’s Proposed Aviation Fuel Tax Hike By Ontario Director Candice Malcolm | May 15, 2014
Ontario Liberals propose a 148 per cent tax hike in Budget 2014
Canada’s anti-oil regulars By | May 13, 2014
Ezra visits the anti-Enbridge pipeline protest in Vancouver
Provincial Pension Bailout Costs Skyrocketing By | May 13, 2014
Civil service pension plan: 38% increase in amount taxpayers put in over last 3 years, Teachers' pension plan: 35% increase in amount taxpayers put in over last 3 years
Canadian governments dole out billions in taxpayer-funded subsidies to businesses and beyond By | May 13, 2014
Government Subsidies in Canada: A $684 Billion Price Tag
One Way or Another, Voters Will Force Politicians to Reform the Senate By Gregory Thomas | May 12, 2014
Canadians want a vote on getting rid of the Senate. They’ll vote for politicians who respect democracy as much as they respect the courts
The Billion Dollar Boondoggle Continues By | May 12, 2014
The Conservative Government is spending of $57 million a year and keeps a staff of 500 to run the Liberal Government's Firearms Program
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Cross Border Price Regulation: Anti-Competition Policy? By | May 8, 2014
Report of the C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council
Why Canadians Pay More than Americans for the Same Goods By | May 6, 2014
Government tariffs, supply management
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the Anniversary of the Red Friday Campaign Launch By | May 6, 2014
National Day of Honour
Tobacco Tax Hike in Ontario Despite Budget Failure By | May 6, 2014
Nearly two-thirds of the price of a carton of tobacco are taxes
Don’t Try to Read the Income Tax Act Before You File Your Taxes Tonight By | May 5, 2014
Current version of the Income Tax Act is 3,206 pages long--more than a million words, Harper government has added 631 pages since taking office in 2006
High electricity rates handicap Canadian businesses, U.S. businesses enjoy much lower rates By | May 5, 2014
The price disparity is due in part to the shift in many provinces away from coal-fired electric generation capacity and a failure to fully embrace natural gas-fired capacity