Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
"The feds need to stop dishing out cash we don’t have and pouring fuel on the inflation fire"
Report shows Canada falling behind peers on tax competitiveness
October 21, 2021
Tax Foundation’s 2021 International Tax Competitiveness Index
YES victory on equalization empowers Alberta’s fight for fairness
October 20, 2021
Albertans sent a clear message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that they demand fairness on equalization
CTF releases taxpayer guide to the 2021 election
September 15, 2021
NDP platform hikes taxes with no plan to balance the budget
August 19, 2021
Terrazzano: “Politicians can help more Canadians by lowering taxes for everyone and cancelling corporate welfare”
The Conservative platform does little to specify ways to save money within the government’s budget
Politicians owe taxpayers the truth about how they are going to pay for this $1-trillion debt and the truth is taxpayers are going to get clobbered if politicians don’t tighten their belts
• Feds giving $5.2-billion bailout to Newfoundland and Labrador
• Newfoundland and Labrador has highest per person program spending among provinces
• Newfoundland and Labrador has highest per person program spending among provinces
Feds won’t balance the budget until 2070
July 23, 2021
“Politicians should not be okay with five decades of red ink and families shouldn’t be forced to pay for all the overspending, so we need the feds to roll-up their sleeves and save some money.”
Focus on tax and regulatory competitiveness
Wealth tax is silly political posturing
July 19, 2021
• PBO report shows wealth tax could cost taxpayers $60 billion over five years
• Trudeau government’s deficit spending would go through the wealth tax revenue in one month
• Trudeau government’s deficit spending would go through the wealth tax revenue in one month
It’s not fair to keep dragging taxpayers further into debt to pay for governor general perks that are unimaginable for the vast majority of Canadians
“Canadian governments are up to their eyeballs in debt and taxpayers are going to get walloped if politicians don’t figure out ways to save money”
Instead of spending $756 million on the gun buyback, the federal government could hire more than 1,200 police officers for five years
More red ink from Ottawa won’t solve our economic woes
April 26, 2021
The federal government has decided to borrow tens of billions of dollars to finance a stimulus package we don’t need and new programs that taxpayers can’t afford
Budget that sets Canada on a path to fiscal danger, with its plunge into permanent, unfunded spending increases and structural deficits. Future generations will pay a heavy price
Taxpayers Federation slams Freeland’s fiscal inferno
April 19, 2021
• Liberals plan permanent, debt-fuelled spending increase of more than $100 billion annually by 2026 with no plan to balance budget
• Federal debt to balloon to $1.4 trillion and debt interest payments to rise to $39 billion annually by 2026
• Federal debt to balloon to $1.4 trillion and debt interest payments to rise to $39 billion annually by 2026
“It’s outrageous that O’Toole is now planning to hammer Canadians with higher fuel bills through his very own carbon tax,”
Ford flips on political subsidies
April 2, 2021
Could you help us push Ford to repeal political welfare?
The joke is on taxpayers this April Fools’ Day
April 1, 2021
• Carbon tax increases • Booze taxes increase • MP pay increases
Taxpayers Federation slams April 1 MP pay hike
March 30, 2021
This shouldn’t be rocket science: our MPs should be able to figure out a way to stop the automatic pay hikes during a severe economic downturn
• Tax escalator will see excise tax hikes on alcohol hit April 1
• Automatic increases reduce government accountability for tax hikes and set a bad precedent
• Automatic increases reduce government accountability for tax hikes and set a bad precedent
Enough is enough. Canadian taxpayers can’t continue to be bled dry while our navy remains marooned at the dock.
When governments work remotely, taxpayers save money
March 8, 2021
With a deficit closing in on $400 billion, the federal government will have to figure out how to do more with less
Tory and the rest of city council should be publicly shamed for prioritizing a luxury park pet project above the basic human needs of the city's homeless population