Canadian News & Opinion

King’s coronation cost taxpayers $534,000 and counting By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director | November 29, 2023

Canada also sent a sizeable delegation to Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral in September 2022, racking up nearly $400,000 in hotel costs alone

Citizens’ Inquiry Releases Final Report on Canada’s COVID-19 Response By News on the Net | November 28, 2023

In a virtual news conference, commissioners from the citizen-led inquiry into Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic present their final report.

Incomes in Windsor and London are $10-12,000 below incomes in Detroit, Buffalo and Cleveland By Fraser Institute | November 28, 2023

Measuring Ontario’s Prosperity Gap at The Metropolitan Area Level

Judge ignores evidence of lockdown harms when justifying Charter violations By Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms | November 27, 2023

“The court has deliberately ignored the abundant evidence of lockdown harms that was put before the court and, therefore, has no rational basis for affirming the government’s severe and prolonged violations of Charter rights and freedoms”

Here’s a 10 minute collection of Pierre Poilievre’s most contentious interviews with the media since becoming leader of the Official Opposition By News on the Net | November 27, 2023

Is he being an intellectual bully or are these reporters treating him differently than the members of the other parties?

Bonuses are for when you do a good job, not fail to do your only job By News on the Net Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF | November 26, 2023

Bank of Canada showers 98% of its executives with $3.5 million in bonuses last year. You get 40-year high inflation. You pay seven interest rate hikes. They take bonuses

388 new mines must be built by 2030 to satisfy electric vehicle mandates By Fraser Institute | November 23, 2023

Can Metal Mining Match the Speed of the Planned Electric Vehicle Transition?

Poll shows Ontarians want carbon tax off home heating By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF & Jay Goldberg CTF Ontario | November 22, 2023

Fiscal update shows spending up, deficit up, taxes up By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director | November 21, 2023

The budget update is an admission that the government has a spending problem, but Trudeau still isn’t serious about managing our finances or providing real tax relief

Police officer challenges harsh discipline in free speech case By Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms | November 21, 2023

“Every Canadian, including police and also including doctors, nurses, teachers and other regulated professionals, has a right to donate to the cause of her or his choice, and to do so privately and confidentially"

Poll shows 77% of Atlantic Canadians want carbon tax off all home heating By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano CTF Federal Dir. & Jay Goldberg interim Atlantic Dir. | November 20, 2023

Liberal and Bloc MPs voted against a motion in the House of Commons to take the carbon tax off all forms of home heating energy. NDP and Conservatives MPs voted in favour of carbon tax relief.

CANADA’S PROPERTY RIGHTS SLIPPING BEHIND GLOBAL COMPETITORS By Frontier Centre for Public Policy Joseph Quesnel,Senior Research Fellow, Frontier Centre Public Policy | November 19, 2023

Property rights protections deliver prosperity and good jobs for all Canadians

Canada has fewer doctors, hospital beds, MRIs and longer wait times than other countries with universal health care By Fraser Institute | November 16, 2023

Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2023

Taxpayers condemn corperate welfare for battery company By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Carson Binda, B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation | November 15, 2023

E-One Moli battery plant in Maple Ridge, B.C.

News Release: Poll shows British Columbians oppose carbon tax By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Carson Binda, B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation | November 13, 2023

When it comes to taxes on gasoline, British Columbians overwhelmingly oppose the provincial government’s plan to increase taxes

All Canadian provinces now languish in bottom half of North American economic freedom rankings By Fraser Institute | November 9, 2023

Economic Freedom of North America

Poll: Majority of Canadians want carbon tax off all home heating bills By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF | November 7, 2023

The polling numbers are clear: people don’t think it’s fair to get hit with the carbon tax for trying to stay warm during the winter

Tory Motion on Scrapping Carbon Tax on Home Heating Defeated by Liberals, Bloc, Despite NDP Support By Epoch Times | November 7, 2023

Liberal MP laughed & flipped the middle finger during his vote against taking the tax off ALL forms of home heating for ALL Canadians

MPs must vote in favour of carbon tax relief By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF | November 6, 2023

MPs must vote for the fair and simple solution: give all Canadians carbon tax relief

SCOTT MOE: IF ATLANTIC CANADA WON’T PAY THE CARBON TAX ON HEATING, NEITHER WILL SASK By Frontier Centre for Public Policy Brian Zinchuk | November 5, 2023

REGINA – What’s good for the Atlantic goose is good for the Saskatchewan gander, when it comes to carbon tax for home heating. And if they’re not paying the carbon

WHO NOW STILL BELIEVES IN OUR UNIVERSITIES? By Frontier Centre for Public Policy Philip Carl Salzman | November 5, 2023

If you wonder why university students celebrate the barbaric atrocities of Hamas, the lies of postcolonial theory and critical race theory explain a good part

Liberals last major party denying all Canadians carbon tax relief By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF | November 3, 2023

Liberal MPs must stand up for their constituents who are worried about keeping the heat on this winter

Election Landslide: Conservatives Win: Liberals Lose: Big Time By Bob Hoye | November 1, 2023

A “real” Conservative government would provide relief from unending intrusion, soaring taxation, wars and inflation.

Save families hundreds, remove carbon tax from natural gas By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director | October 31, 2023

The Parliamentary Budget Officer shows the carbon tax will cost the average family up to $710 this year even after rebates

Federal electric vehicle subsidies cost $355 per tonne of averted GHG, dwarfing price of carbon tax ($65) By Fraser Institute | October 31, 2023

A Review of Electric Vehicle Consumer Subsidies in Canada

Shooting The Messenger With Blanks By Frontier Centre for Public Policy | October 30, 2023

Sinclair’s argument is one of both omission and indignation. Given the inconsistencies in his missing children narrative it is no wonder that an increasing number of people have doubts about what they are being told

Trudeau’s home heating oil exemption shows politics trumps real affordability By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Jay Goldberg CTF Ontario & Interim Atlantic Director | October 30, 2023

This year, the average Canadian family will lose between $347 and $710 due to the carbon tax, even after the rebates.

Feds hiking alcohol taxes by 4.7 per cent By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF & Carson Binda CTF B.C. | October 29, 2023

This is fundamentally undemocratic because politicians are increasing their tax take without a single vote in Parliament

Average Danes pay high taxes to finance Denmark’s large welfare state By Fraser Institute | October 27, 2023

The Free Enterprise Welfare State: A History of Denmark’s Unique Economic Model

Taxpayers need carbon tax relief on more than home heating oil By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF | October 27, 2023

Trudeau must completely scrap his carbon tax