Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:

CTF Calls on Harper to Scrap the 1.5 Cent per Litre Deficit Elimination’ Gas Tax and Tax-on-Ta May 15, 2014
16th Annual Gas Tax Honesty Day
CTF Calculates Costs of Liberal’s Proposed Aviation Fuel Tax Hike May 15, 2014
Ontario Liberals propose a 148 per cent tax hike in Budget 2014
Provincial Pension Bailout Costs Skyrocketing May 13, 2014
Civil service pension plan: 38% increase in amount taxpayers put in over last 3 years, Teachers' pension plan: 35% increase in amount taxpayers put in over last 3 years
One Way or Another, Voters Will Force Politicians to Reform the Senate May 12, 2014
Canadians want a vote on getting rid of the Senate. They’ll vote for politicians who respect democracy as much as they respect the courts
Hydro Advantage At Risk May 9, 2014
Our power rates have been quite reasonable and reliability has been pretty good. But all that is in jeopardy.
Tobacco Tax Hike in Ontario Despite Budget Failure May 6, 2014
Nearly two-thirds of the price of a carton of tobacco are taxes
Don’t Try to Read the Income Tax Act Before You File Your Taxes Tonight May 5, 2014
Current version of the Income Tax Act is 3,206 pages long--more than a million words, Harper government has added 631 pages since taking office in 2006
Ontario Taking Cues From Greece May 1, 2014
Tax-and-Spend Budget Fails Taxpayers on Every Measure
Premier Wynne’s Sinking Ship May 1, 2014
Safe hands? Feels more like the cold hands of an undertaker
Taxpayers Take on Sousa April 29, 2014
Ontario has the seventh-largest sovereign debt load in the world
CTF Renews Call for 2015 Referendum on Abolishing the Senate April 25, 2014
There’s no place for the Senate in its current form in a modern democracy
What Premier Wynne (or Somebody) Can Learn from Quebec’s New Premier, Philippe Couillard April 24, 2014
Ontario keeps going deeper in the hole because Kathleen Wynne can’t seem to imagine, much less talk about tough choices
CTF busts myths at tax-time with Tax Me I’m Canadian! book April 23, 2014
Top 1% of taxpayers pay 20% of income taxes
CTF Launches BankruptingOntario.ca Ad Campaign April 22, 2014
New ad campaign launches in Finance Minister Charles Sousa’s riding
What if Alberta Were Treated the Same as Quebec? April 4, 2014
Quebec separatists are right about one thing: Canada’s system of federal handouts isn’t working for Canadians in Quebec, or anywhere else
An Open Letter to Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver April 3, 2014
Canada is on the edge of an historic choice
CTF: New Transparency Bill in Ontario a Step in the Right Direction March 24, 2014
Laughable $5,000 fine for shredding FOI documents
Premier Wynne: You Are Freezing the Wrong Wages! March 21, 2014
The proposed MPP wage freeze will save taxpayers $390,550 per year
New Federal Finance Minister Urged to Cut Debt, EI Payroll Taxes, Simplify Tax Act March 19, 2014
EI Tax Rollback Urged for 2015 Budget – Up 28 Per Cent Since 2008
On the Economy, Justin Trudeau Needs to Fire His Coaches and Raise His Game March 19, 2014
Justin Trudeau needs to look beyond the failed playbook — and coaches — that once guided Dalton McGuinty and Jean Charest
Behind The Government’s Budget Spin March 18, 2014
Taxpayers need to be aware of the things they aren’t telling you about
Andrea Horwath’s Line in the Sand March 5, 2014
NDP has propped up this tax-and-spend government up for the past two budgets, and allowed the government to grow the debt by nearly $40 billion since the last election
16th Annual “Teddy” Government Waste Awards Winners February 26, 2014
Lifetime Achievement – The Senate of Canada, after sober second thought
16th Annual Teddies Awards Tomorrow: Canadian Taxpayers Federation to Announce Waste Awards February 25, 2014
The waste awards are gilded pig statuettes awarded in four categories; local waste, provincial waste, federal waste and lifetime achievement
You Don’t Win Friends With Salad! February 21, 2014
Ontario's Healthy Menu Program is a Disaster for School Cafeterias: Forget about overweight students, the weight of our government is the real problem in Ontario
Balanced Federal Budget Sets Stage for Serious Tax Cuts in 2015 February 11, 2014
Time for the Prime Minister to deliver on his election promise and deliver tax cuts and bigger paycheques to Canadians
Here’s to a ‘Do-Nothing’ Budget February 11, 2014
The challenge, between budget 2014 and budget 2015, is get federal politicians of all stripes to put hard-pressed, long-suffering taxpaying Canadian households first.
Brazeau and Harb Charges Demand Speedy Passage of Bill C-518 February 4, 2014
The Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians Act
Wall’s Procrastination Puzzling January 31, 2014
While the Wall government’s inactivity on this issue has been puzzling, the solutions are not so complex
Transparency Saves Taxpayers Money January 29, 2014
Freedom of Information Act