Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Digital Services Tax will make life more expensive
October 17, 2023
Trudeau’s deficit spending would blow through this cash in less than two weeks: The feds should back down from the Digital Services Tax and instead cut wasteful spending and taxes
A huge win for Canadian taxpayers and resource workers: This means the feds can’t use this law to stop premiers like Scott Moe or Danielle Smith or François Legault from developing resources to create jobs for people in their provinces
Carbon tax costs families hundreds more than rebates
October 12, 2023
The PBO shows politicians are using magic math to mislead Canadians
Trudeau’s latest Tofino vacation cost taxpayers $287,000
October 7, 2023
This isn’t the first time Trudeau’s vacations have sparked controversy
Governor General spends $117,000 on dry cleaning
October 3, 2023
Why does the Governor General’s office need to spend so much on dry cleaning when it already has staff doing laundry and there’s a six-figure expense account for new clothes?
Trudeau’s tax on farms and food
October 3, 2023
The carbon tax makes it more expensive for Canadian farmers to produce food and for you to buy food
Trudeau must quit his corporate welfare obsession
September 29, 2023
Trudeau threatens grocery tax
September 17, 2023
Another tax won’t make groceries more affordable, it’ll make them more expensive
Expanding carbon tax exemption would save farmers $1 billion: PBO
September 16, 2023
“Making it more affordable for farmers to produce food will make it more affordable for families to buy food”
PBO report shows government misled taxpayers on corporate welfare
September 12, 2023
The PBO report is proof taxpayers shouldn’t trust politicians when they promise the moon with their corporate welfare deals
The myth of “underfunding” Canada’s official residences
September 7, 2023
When’s the last time you heard of a politician in Ottawa refusing to spend taxpayers’ money?
Federal gas taxes cost 31 cents per litre: Report
September 1, 2023
“The last thing Canadians need are higher carbon taxes that make it more expensive to drive to work, buy groceries and keep our homes warm”
“This government has given taxpayers every reason to believe it will never balance the budget”
Investigative story: inside the feds' branded merch shopping spree
In October 2021, Simon brought along her husband and 31 others for a four-day trip to attend a German bookfair, which cost taxpayers about $700,000
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland should find savings by ending bonuses at failing Crown corporations like the Bank of Canada
Canadians can’t afford Trudeau’s second carbon tax
June 29, 2023
“Canada’s own emissions are not large enough to materially impact climate change” and that the second carbon tax is “broadly regressive"
Trudeau needs to rein in cost of international trips
June 24, 2023
It’s clear the feds love spending buckets of cash flying around the world but it’s not clear what value taxpayers are getting for all this money
The cost of running the Canadian Senate has exploded under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
“Canadian families need $16.3 billion, Volkswagen does not”
Fund spent taxpayers’ money on a sex toy show in Germany -- Global Affairs quietly “sunsetted” the program March 31, 2023
Cost of second carbon tax 2030 for average household
A governor general is allowed to expense up to $130,000 in clothing purchases over their five-year mandate
What do inmates, dead people and teenagers all have in common? They received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.
Government funds senior sex story shows
May 8, 2023
“Here’s a novel idea: maybe the government lays off the sex shows until it pays down the $1-trillion debt?”
Stop paying striking bureaucrats
April 27, 2023
Striking federal public servants will continue to receive their regular salaries until at least May 10
Taxpayers shouldn’t be giving Volkswagen $13 billion
April 20, 2023
The joke is on taxpayers this April Fools’ Day
April 2, 2023
Carbon tax increases April 1, Alcohol taxes increase April 1, MP pay increases April 1
“We estimate that $429 million in GST from the fuel charge will be collected in 2023-24, rising to $924 million in 2030-31,” according to the PBO.
Budget 2023 - Deficits and higher taxes forever
March 29, 2023
The most recent fiscal update projected a $4.5-billion surplus in 2027. Budget 2023 is now forecasting a $14-billion deficit that year.