Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:

BC: ICBC Executives Make Drunken Sailors Blush August 16, 2012
A horror movie for taxpayers
Harper Governments Needs to Get Serious About Payroll Costs August 16, 2012
So far, the Harper Conservatives have shown no interest in tackling workplace adjustment entitlements
Kill the Carbon Tax! August 13, 2012
CTF submits 25-page report to B.C. carbon tax review panel
15-second digital ads playing in Toronto washrooms August 8, 2012
Taxpayers Federation Invites Canadians to Flush the Platinum-Plated MP Pension Scheme
Oda pension deal smells worse than smoky hotel rooms or rotten orange juice August 1, 2012
Where there’s smoke, there’s Bev Oda
BC: Taxpayers Pay Millions in Carbon Corporate Welfare—Again July 31, 2012
Pacific Carbon Trust
MLAs Must Stop Procrastinating on Transparency July 27, 2012
Without proper records it’s impossible to tell where MLAs are spending our money
CTF Takes Wraps off Billboards in Five Cities Aimed at MP Pension Reform July 25, 2012
Delay must not turn into avoid: CTF turns up heat before Parliament returns this Fall to implement promised changes
Just Be Up Front About Stadium Deal July 23, 2012
It’s not acceptable that taxpayers were completely shut out from having a referendum on the deal or even so much as an open house to provide their input.
Investigation Needed Into $658,847 First Nation CEO, Business July 16, 2012
Innu Development Limited Partnership, a business owned by the Sheshatshiu and Mushuau First Nations
MLAs Exit with Millions in Pensions July 11, 2012
Unfortunately for taxpayers, Premier Gordon Campbell took MLAs back to the gold-plated system in 2007
Oda to Receive $701K Pension Payout July 3, 2012
For the year ending 2009-10, taxpayers contributed $102.6 million to the MP pension fund, while parliamentarians chipped in $4.4 million, a $23.30 to $1 ratio
CTF Slams $23 million Payday for the MP Pension Plan June 28, 2012
Parliamentary pension plan
Taxpayers Brace For Another Carbon Tax Hike June 28, 2012
B.C. carbon tax increases from 5.56 to 6.67 cents per litre on July 1st
How Was $224 Million Spent on Dam Negotiations? June 20, 2012
CTF will be challenging refusal to release details on these expenditures with new information law
Auditor General’s Audit of Parliament Only Scratches the Surface June 13, 2012
Audit reveals MPs reimbursed for expenses without providing proper paperwork, Only a tiny sample size reviewed—264 of 85,000 transactions
Enough is Enough June 8, 2012
It’s obvious that many of our roads and highways need fixing, but instead of tax hikes, wasteful spending should be redirected
TransLink TVs Take Taxpayers for Half a Million Bucks June 5, 2012
Only four of the 13 TransLink TVs are in service today
EI Reform Critics, Harper Government Both Turn Their Backs on Working Canadians May 31, 2012
$20 billion each year in the hands of working Canadians who really deserve the money
Local Watchdogs Needed Too May 30, 2012
A Property Tax Cap, Municipal Ratepayers Guide, Beggar's List
CTF to MLAs: Reject Gold-Plated Pension May 28, 2012
CTF launches petition opposing gold-plated pension plan
Why “Ticketgate” Matters May 25, 2012
Some good progress has been made on the issue, but clearly there is more work to do
New EI rules strike a blow for working Canadian taxpayers against habitual pogey collectors May 24, 2012
“Every Canadian should be entitled to keep the money they work for, not have government tax it away and give it out in an attempt to buy votes"
Outrageous B.C. Gas Taxes Keep Economy in Neutral May 24, 2012
The hidden cost of gas tax.
CTF releases new data on gas taxes, tax-on-tax May 17, 2012
CTF’s 14th annual Gas Tax Honesty Day
CTF releases new data on gas taxes, tax-on-tax May 17, 2012
CTF’s 14th annual Gas Tax Honesty Day
Unelected Metro Vancouver Should Get Back to Basics May 11, 2012
Langley's ongoing fight with Metro Vancouver will likely go nowhere—it is virtually impossible to escape from a regional district.
CTF Welcomes Private-Public Pay Debate May 10, 2012
CTF poll shows 73 per cent of British Columbians want pay fairness law
Tada! MLCC Jets Ticket List Released May 8, 2012
Minister tells legislature ‘staff working hard’ on getting details together on how MLCC handed out 400+ Jets tickets...meanwhile CTF received the details from MLCC five weeks ago
Unplug the MP Pension Money Machine April 27, 2012
The Conservative government has promised details of a new MP pension plan this fall, but taxpayers have been waiting years already