Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Taxpayers Shut Out of Big Money Court Fight
August 29, 2016
The Supreme Court had already fallen into the trap of thinking that "government" pays for education, health care and all the employees that provide the same. They don't. Government has no money apart from what it collects in taxes
Election finance reforms will now see a $2.71 per vote subsidy to political parties instead of planned $2.26 • Taxpayers Federation calls on opposition parties to oppose subsidy
Want to Reduce Dubious Expenses? Post the Receipts Online
August 23, 2016
It's time we force Senators, Members of Parliament and their staff to pay more attention to their expenses before they incur them by requiring physical expense receipts to be proactively scanned and posted online
Kathleen Wynne Flip Flopping on Doubling Land Transfer Tax
August 17, 2016
Kathleen Wynne again musing about giving municipalities power to levy more taxes, like a land transfer tax despite denying any such plan existed in December: Plan will cost between $10,000 and $15,000 on a $450,000 home
Trudeau’s Senate Reforms Could Do More Harm Than Good
August 15, 2016
Those celebrating the new "independent" Senate appointment process may want to dial back the enthusiasm.
Taxpayers Federation intervenor status rejected - only citizens group that applied to intervene 12 unions granted intervenor status
• Ontario is the most indebted province in absolute terms • Ontario debt has doubled in the last nine years
Say no to a New Home Tax
July 19, 2016
City hall thinks taxpayers can always find ways to trim their family budgets in order to pay new taxes. But city hall seems to think that trimming its own budget is an absolute impossibility
Prison Guard Wage Arbitration Reveals Broken System
July 14, 2016
Wynne needs to stop opening up the arbitration system to more and more groups, and muster the political will to tackle unsustainable union demands head-on
How much taxpayer money was wasted on this unnecessary, badly designed, and heavily staffed and advertised boondoggle
Price of Wine Increases in Ontario Today
June 20, 2016
The LCBO wine markup tax is increasing by 2 per cent today – the first of four tax hikes on wine
Kathleen’s Kooky Climate Change Plan
June 9, 2016
Someone is going to have to pay for all the promises in Kathleen’s kooky climate change plan when she’s faced with the shortfall, and you can bet your next hydro bill that it’s going to be you
The Auditor General found that the games were $342 million over budget, but Pan Am executives still got performance bonuses
Climate Change Action Plan will drive up the cost of housing, fuel, and commits billions in new spending based on questionable revenue projections
Ontario once proudly led Canada as the sole province where government advertising was subject to third-party oversight to prevent the kinds of waste that was seen at the Federal level.
A budget of good intentions
June 3, 2016
The Manitoba government now recognizes chronic deficits are a problem. It is taking steps, however tentative, to address the growing danger of runaway debt.
Premier Wynne has agreed to a request by Toronto Mayor John Tory to levy hotel tax
FAO says his office is being blocked from access to documents necessary to confirm projections regarding provincial revenue
CTF Honours Leroux With TaxFighter Award
May 27, 2016
Prince George resident fought CRA for decades, winning ‘duty of care’ ruling
It was a wild week for Kathleen Wynne and she certainly needed the long weekend break to recover from her flurry of punches to taxpayers in just five short days
City Manager Report finds that Toronto's spending is rising faster than revenue, yet Executive Committee is considering spending hundreds of millions on Expo 2025
Wynne and her party need to repay the millions of dollars it secretly funnelled to their political allies at these unions. It’s our money, after all.
Axe the Gasoline Tax-on-Tax
May 19, 2016
Charging sales tax on top of excise taxes needs to stop; axe the tax-on-tax
Carbon tax will increase cost of gasoline by 4.3 cents per litre,
AG Report finds that the government gave teachers unions $80.5 million in taxpayer money to teachers organizations, including $22 million with “no strings attached”
It’s vital to both governments and those who hold them accountable to protect and strengthen these laws
Leaked documents reveal Wynne plans to spend over $7 billion over four years
Corporate Welfare Is Bad For National Unity
May 5, 2016
Corporate welfare teaches companies, and regions, that what’s important is about getting your “fair cut” of “free” money