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Increased buyback list balloons costs for taxpayers By -- Gage Haubrich CTF Prairie Director | March 8, 2025
The RCMP union says that this program is a waste of money and that’s only more true with the increased costs of buying back more guns

We are disappointed that the Prime Minister’s unprecedented use of the power to prorogue Parliament has been upheld. Court has confirmed that the power to prorogue Parliament is not immune from review by the courts

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Taxpayers Federation demands government cancel automatic beer tax hike By -- Carson Binda, B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation | March 7, 2025
Instead of making life even harder for struggling small businesses, the government needs to end the automatic tax hikes on beer, wine and spirits

Canada's outgoing PM cries at press conference after humiliating tariff war with US

30th Anniversary of the 1995 Budget: Lessons to Improve Canada’s Federal Finances Today

Only time will tell whether this or other explanations help explain the four tragic murders on the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Indian Reserve

Heller is seeking an apology, a retraction and damages

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Trudeau billed taxpayers $81,000 for groceries in one year By -- Ryan Thorpe, CTF’s Investigative Journalist | February 28, 2025
While Canadians have been tightening their belts during a cost-of-living crisis, Trudeau was sparing no expense

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are sitting on significant natural gas reserves worth hundreds of billions, but bans on hydraulic fracturing and regulatory challenges prevent their development

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Reconciliation or Misallocation By , Hymie Rubenstein | February 27, 2025
The Blacklock’s Reporter revelations suggest little or nothing except perhaps some archival work has been done on the excavation or forensic side of her band-led investigation

What we can learn from the U.S. report-- How much longer will Canadians be left without answers?

Canada’s best move? Strike a deal with Trump before it’s too late

NUCLEAR WAR - Is Canada’s Chrystia Freeland insane?

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Taxpayers launching court fight against CBC transparency By -- Devin Drover, General Counsel of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation | February 26, 2025
“It’s bad enough that the CBC takes more than a billion dollars from taxpayers and the government wants to raise that number, but it’s even worse that the CBC won’t respect taxpayers’ right to know how the money’s being spent."

Identifying Potential Savings from Specific Reductions to Federal Government Spending

The Immigration Paradox: How an Influx of Newcomers Has Led to Labour Shortages

Canada Needs to Save Much More to Finance an Ambitious Investment Agenda

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CBC doesn’t deserve more money from taxpayers By Kris Sims, Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation | February 20, 2025
Minister recommends nearly doubling CBC funding and reducing CBC accountability

Unprincipled opportunists created and spread the myth that thousands of indigenous children went missing, or were “disappeared,” from residential schools. Incompetent politicians, biased CBC, cemented that myth in the minds of well-meaning Canadians

Instead of addressing the teacher shortage through strategic recruitment and retention efforts, Manitoba is choosing to lower education standards

Interprovincial collaboration – Counteracting Eight years of opposition to oil and gas

Carney’s plan would continue to rack up debt and waste more money on interest charges

“The government is broke, Canadians can’t afford higher taxes and Trudeau shouldn’t be borrowing billions more while he’s walking out the door.”

One person posted: 'There was a plane crash you know.'

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"A carbon tax is a carbon tax is a carbon tax, and Canadians can’t afford to keep paying more to fuel up their cars, heat their homes or buy groceries.”

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LeDrew Rant - Donald Trump Is A True Canadian Hero! By The LeDrew Three Minute Interview | February 16, 2025
Trump has done more to unify Canada in one month than Justin Trudeau has accomplished in 9 years! Hail to the Chief!

God Bless our Veterans and God Bless Canada, especially our flag…

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Stock up before GST holiday ends: Taxpayers Federation By Carson Binda, B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation | February 13, 2025
Taxpayers and job creators need tax relief from Ottawa

Comparing Recent Crime Trends in Canada and the US: Urban Areas.

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Carney must tell Canadians how much “changing” the carbon tax will cost By Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director & Kris Sims CTF Alberta Director | February 13, 2025
Carbon taxes on refineries make gas more expensive, carbon taxes on utilities make home heating more expensive and carbon taxes on fertilizer plants increase costs for farmers and that makes groceries more expensive