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Trudeau must quit his corporate welfare obsession


OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the governments of Canada and Quebec to cut out the corporate welfare following today’s announcement that Northvolt will receive billions in special taxpayer treatment.

- Friday, September 29, 2023

Trudeau threatens grocery tax

OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately rescind his grocery tax threat.

“The last thing Canadians need is a grocery tax,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “Instead of hammering Canadians with a grocery tax, Trudeau should scrap his carbon tax, which is making food prices more expensive.”

- Sunday, September 17, 2023

Expanding carbon tax exemption would save farmers $1 billion: PBO

OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is demanding immediate passage of legislation in the Senate to expand carbon tax exemptions for agriculture after today’s Parliamentary Budget Officer analysis shows it would save farmers almost $1 billion through 2030.

“Making it more affordable for farmers to produce food will make it more affordable for families to buy food,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “The House of Common passed legislation to expand the carbon tax exemption for farmers. In fact, MPs have passed that legislation twice.

- Saturday, September 16, 2023

PBO report shows government misled taxpayers on corporate welfare

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on politicians to reject recent EV battery corporate welfare following today’s Parliamentary Budget Officer report showing governments won’t break even for 20 years – four times longer than originally promised.

“Politicians said they’d get the money back in five years, but the PBO report is clear: it’ll be 20 years before we see if these deals even break even,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “But the government has a terrible track record on corporate welfare so taxpayers should be worried about whether they’ll ever see a real return on investment.”

- Tuesday, September 12, 2023

The myth of "underfunding" Canada's official residences

Those who believe Canada’s official residences are crumbling due to a lack of funding may have missed something: the numbers.

The National Capital Commission spent $135 million renovating and maintaining the official residences from 2006 to 2022, according to a Canadian Taxpayers Federation analysis of official reports.

“It’s a myth that official residences are falling apart because politicians are too thrifty,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “From luxury limos to extravagant hotel suites, the feds haven’t met a single thing it isn’t willing to spend big on and the official residences are no different.

- Thursday, September 7, 2023

Federal gas taxes cost 31 cents per litre: Report


OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation hosted its annual Gas Tax Honesty press conference in the nation’s capital today to shine a light on the high cost of federal gas taxes.

- Friday, September 1, 2023


Stress balls, charcuterie boards and climate change card games: inside the feds' branded merch shopping spree

Pizza cutters and webcam covers. Credit card sleeves and survival knives. Bookmarks and ballpoint pens. Toiletry bags and licence plate frames. Polo shirts and unisex quilted vests.

It appears there is no product the feds won’t brand with the logo of a department or emblazon with the motto of a Crown corporation, and no price too high for the privilege.

“It’s like the government had a contest to see which department could come up with the dumbest way to spend taxpayers’ money and they all won,” Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director, said. “This is what happens when you have too many bureaucrats with too much money and time on their hands.”

- Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Governor general bills taxpayers $71K for "Icelimo" during foreign trip

Taxpayers were forced to pick up the tab for a $71,000 bill from “Icelimo Luxury Travel” during Governor General Mary Simon’s four-day visit to Iceland last fall. “The governor general spent more on fancy rides in four days than the average Canadian makes in a whole year,” Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said. “We’re not saying the governor general should be hitchhiking, but surely she could have gotten around a small island for less than the price of a brand-new BMW.”
- Friday, July 14, 2023

$20 million in bonuses at Bank of Canada despite 40-year high inflation

CTF Federal Director Franco Terrazzano outside of the Bank of Canada

Bank of Canada bureaucrats got $20 million in bonuses in 2022 while the Crown corporation hiked interest rates seven times and inflation reached a 40-year high.

“Bonuses are for people who do a good job, not people who fail at their one and only job,” Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said. “Most organizations don’t shower employees with bonuses when they have their worst year in four decades.”

The average bonus among staff was $11,200, with 80 per cent of the workforce receiving one, according to internal government records obtained by the CTF through a series of access-to-information requests.

- Thursday, July 13, 2023

Canadians can't afford Trudeau's second carbon tax

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to back away from his plan to impose a second carbon tax this week on July 1.

“Canadians need another carbon tax like we need a kick in the head,” Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the CTF, said. “The Parliamentary Budget Officer is clear: Trudeau’s second carbon tax will cost families hundreds of dollars.


- Thursday, June 29, 2023

Trudeau needs to rein in cost of international trips

OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cut the cost of international trips following news the government spent $61,000 on hotel rooms during an anti-poverty summit in New York.

“How many people were lifted out of poverty because Trudeau and a band of bureaucrats stayed in a fancy hotel in Manhattan?” Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the CTF, said. “Spending $61,000 on hotel rooms is a lot of money and taxpayers deserve to know the total cost for this trip.”

- Saturday, June 24, 2023

Senators hang fancy art on their walls, taxpayers foot the $500,000 bill

Some say art is priceless, but in the Canadian Senate, it’s more like a blank cheque.

Senators have racked up more than half-a-million dollars in art rentals and related expenses since 2016, while forcing Canadian taxpayers to pick up the tab.

“Senators are paid more than double the average salary in Canada,” Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said. “If they want to hang expensive art in their offices, they have more than enough money to pay for it themselves.”

- Friday, June 16, 2023

PBO shows Volkswagen deal already over budget by $2.4 billion


OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the federal government to cancel the Volkswagen deal following today’s Parliamentary Budget Officer report estimating the cost has already spiraled from $13.9 billion to $16.3 billion.

- Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Scrapping wasteful Mission Cultural Fund a huge win for taxpayers


OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is applauding the cancellation of the wasteful Mission Cultural Fund, the slush fund at Global Affairs that spent taxpayers’ money on a sex toy show in Germany and a photography exhibit for a rock star.

- Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Second carbon tax costs average family up to $1,157 by 2030: Parliamentary Budget Officer

OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the federal government to scrap its impending second carbon tax following today’s Parliamentary Budget Officer report.

“Canadians are already struggling to afford gasoline and groceries and the last thing we need is another carbon tax that makes life more expensive,” said Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the CTF. “The PBO is clear: the second carbon tax will cost families hundreds and even thousands of dollars.”

- Friday, May 19, 2023

Taxpayers shouldn't pay for governor general's clothes


OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the federal government to end the policy that allows governors general to bill taxpayers for clothes.

“The feds need to rein in the governor general’s out-of-control expenses,” said Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the CTF. “Canada’s governor general already takes a $342,100 salary every year so they can pay for their own clothes.”

- Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Taxpayers Federation presents Teddy Awards for the worst of government waste.


CALGARY, AB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation presented its 25th annual Teddy Waste Awards to the governor general for racking up sky-high bills for airplane food; the Quebec government’s app that made people line up for hours; and, a Charlottetown councillor who built her driveway around a power pole and charged taxpayers for moving it.

- Friday, May 12, 2023

Government funds senior sex story shows


The Canadian government spent thousands of dollars to fund stage productions where seniors in other countries share their sex stories in front of live audiences.

The bill totals $12,520.

Each performance features a hand-picked group of geriatrics recounting true sexual experiences, including “first time, best time, worst time, last time.”

- Monday, May 8, 2023

Stop paying striking bureaucrats


OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the federal government to immediately stop paying striking employees and commit to clawing back every dime.

“It’s very simple: If you’re not working, taxpayers shouldn’t be paying you,” said Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the CTF. “It’s time to turn off the taps.”

- Thursday, April 27, 2023

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