Canadian News, Opinion

Taxpayers Federation applauds end of prisoners’ seniors’ entitlements By | December 15, 2010
New law ends OAS and GIS for prisoners
More holiday, less debt, less stress By | December 13, 2010
Seven budget-smart tips to help you start the New Year in the right financial position.
Gifts for the giver: do for others and yourself this year By | December 13, 2010
Check this list twice for gift suggestions that are sure to please value-minded recipients - not to mention those who give to them.
Pratt & Witney Should Repay What They Owe By | December 13, 2010
Minister Clement should demand Pratt & Witney repay taxpayers
Standing up for our Armed Forces? By Michael L Blais CD | December 13, 2010
Untendered purchase of the F-35 stealth fighter
Will Toronto Keep the Plastic Bag Fee? By | December 13, 2010
The plastic bag charge is just one more anti-business measure brought in by a city council that was primarily anti-business
Taxpayers Fundraise, Bureaucrats Don’t By | December 9, 2010
  • WRHA spent $37,712 on BBQ, planters and picnic tables for rooftop patio at new Main Street office
  • Misericordia Hospital Foundation volunteers out fundraising in the cold again today for rooftop patio for patients
Want-to-be BC premiers should forget about playing Santa Claus By | December 8, 2010
B.C’s next premier certainly won’t be able to spend like Santa Claus. Or pretty soon, we'll be forced to save like Scrooge
CTF to Morton: Time to cut spending By Scott Hennig, Alberta Director | December 7, 2010
  • Budget 2011 submission presented to Alberta’s Finance Minister
  • CTF estimates 2011-12 deficit could be three times higher than promised
We stand for ideas, not political labels By | December 6, 2010
Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) to Tory MPP:
Auditor General Hands the Family Responsibility Office a Failing Grade: Jones By | December 6, 2010
Mandate of collecting unpaid child and spousal support payments
CFL subsidies a punt in the face for taxpayers By | December 3, 2010
Budget austerity is supposed to be a strong focus of the federal government today. Mr. Harper can demonstrate this commitment my tackling and rejecting these CFL subsidy requests. Not rejecting them may just look like a Stanfield fumble.
No family? Succession planning tips for your small business By | December 3, 2010
Five tips on non-family succession planning
Leaving your business to the children By | December 3, 2010
Seven tips to achieve a smooth transition to the next generation.
Opposition Should Support Reserve Transparency Bill By Colin Craig, Prairie Director | December 1, 2010
Bill C-575 takes an important first step
Dalton McGuinty’s Expensive Energy Experiments Drive Up Hydro Bills While Chasing Jobs From On By | November 29, 2010
Dalton McGuinty has grossly understated the costs families will pay
While Ontario Families Struggle to Get Frontline Healthcare, Hospitals Hand Out Cigarettes to Patien By | November 26, 2010
Patients in Mississauga were being treated in an oil stained ambulance garage
How to save money when you don’t have much of it! By | November 26, 2010
Some basic tips on how to save and plan for the future
What kind of bank account do you need? By | November 26, 2010
Some basic tips
McGuinty Bureaucrats at the Trough By | November 24, 2010
Dalton McGuinty’s blustery talk of fiscal restraint, “It’s remarkable. Dalton McGuinty sets rules, touts them in the media, and then promptly ignores them”
Dalton McGuinty Admits His Energy Experiments Will Double Hydro Bills By | November 24, 2010
His Own Advisors Say They Will Skyrocket Even More
Private sector would do a better job caring for the poor and sick By | November 24, 2010
Private sector services provided at cheaper cost
Dalton McGuinty Can’t Say “No” to Big Public Sector Salary Hikes By | November 23, 2010
More than half of Ontario’s Deputy Ministers earn more than what the rules allow
Regulatory over-kill By Bruce Pearse | November 22, 2010
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Feds make smart decision on Expo bid By Scott Hennig, Alberta director | November 22, 2010
Enormous cost for an event that has few, if any, tangible benefits
Pension Riots Brewing in Canada? By | November 22, 2010
$208 billion MORE needed to pay for public sector pension plans
Thousands of children exploited in Canadian vacation destinations By | November 20, 2010
World Vision calls on Canadian tourists to travel wisely
Do we have the right to consume food of our choosing? By | November 20, 2010
Ontario Food Safety and Quality Act, Draconian piece of legislation that threatens the safety of all Ontarians
Ontario PC’s Highlight That Hydro Bills Are On Course To Double Under McGuinty By | November 19, 2010
Expensive energy experiments, Unsustainable subsidies to energy developers, Smart meter tax machines
Veterans Affairs Minister Blackburn’s bloody line in the Sand By | November 19, 2010
Veterans have a sacred duty to those to whom we have passed the torch