Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
The fastest, simplest and easiest way for the government to make life more affordable and our economy more competitive is to stop taking so much money in the first place;
Gas tax relief is good news: Government must make tax cut permanent
September 2, 2026
The prime minister can’t spend six figures on airplane food, tens of billions on high-speed rail and needs to put Ottawa’s bloated bureaucracy on a diet;
Rising gas prices show Canadians need permanent gas tax relief
August 17, 2026
"Canadian families are having trouble affording the basics and Carney shouldn’t be leaving their wallets even emptier with fuel tax hikes."
Senate speaker caught globetrotting on taxpayers’ dime
August 10, 2026
Franco Terrazzano,: “If senators aren’t going to represent anyone but themselves then they need to not represent anyone for a lot less money"
POLL: Canadians oppose upcoming gas tax hike
August 5, 2026
Taxes account for up to 35 per cent of the price of gas in Canada, according to the CTF’s Gas Tax Honesty Report
“Carney should eliminate this outdated expense account once and for all,” Terrazzano said. “Arbour has already shown a willingness to reform Rideau Hall and should continue that work by ending the expense account for former governors general.”
Carney drops $160,000 on airplane food during one trip
July 16, 2026
It’s possible for the prime minister to travel internationally without billing taxpayers six figures for airplane food so we need Carney to make sure these types of bills never happen again;
About 98 per cent of all government executives took a bonus in 2024-25, the last year where data is available. Meanwhile, federal departments met just 54 per cent of their performance targets that year;
Smith needs to spend her energy fighting Carney’s carbon taxes and standing up to Ottawa so pipelines get built with private company money instead of borrowing money to pay for this government-caused problem;
Half of Canadians say federal services have gotten worse since 2016, despite the massive increase in the bureaucracy;
“The problem isn’t that politicians are too cheap with taxpayers’ money, the problem is the NCC is too incompetent and wastes money managing properties."
Government spending $340 to file each simple tax return
June 18, 2026
“If Carney wants to make life more affordable and tax season easier, he should cut taxes and simplify the tax code.”
"If Prime Minister Mark Carney is serious about saving money, he needs to do more than accept a smaller clothing budget...Carney needs to end the automatic pay raises, platinum pension and lifetime expense account.”
Bureaucracy costs going up $10 billion this year: PBO
June 17, 2026
Most Canadians support cutting the size and cost of the bureaucracy, according to the poll;
All MPs should end double tax on used cars
June 15, 2026
Canadians already pay GST on new cars and taxing the car again every time it’s resold is double taxation and that’s wrong;
Carney goes over budget – twice
June 10, 2026
Carney needs to rein in his spending and follow one simple rule: Only spend what you promised. Don’t go over budget;
Carney was already increasing spending too fast in the Spring Economic Update and now the PBO shows he’s already billions over budget;
Taxpayers: Scrap the Netflix tax completely
June 4, 2026
We don’t need another CRTC review, we need the government to scrap the Netflix tax entirely;
POLL: Canadians reject government-run grocery stores
June 4, 2026
"Even the supporters of government grocery stores know this scheme will cost taxpayers a ton of money"
The path forward isn’t suing for bigger cheques, it’s growing the economy through lower taxes, less waste and more accountable government
POLL: Ontarians want Ford to block gun confiscation
June 3, 2026
Ontarians and experts agree this program won’t make anyone safer so Ford needs to pass a law to block it;
Leger polling shows 78 per cent of Canadians support Dawson’s decision to reject the MP pay raise;
This report shows how important it is for Ottawa to focus on reducing both the cost and headcount of the federal bureaucracy...Canadians can’t afford to pay higher taxes to fund the bureaucracy’s increasingly costly benefits
Toronto mayoral hopefuls must fight for taxpayers
May 29, 2026
That means sparing taxpayers from massive property tax hikes, cutting development charges and putting an end to bad ideas that waste countless taxpayer dollars;
“Carney has repeatedly told Canadians he would spend less, but he spent more money on airplane food than Trudeau"
Carney government needs to wake up to the fact that higher taxes on businesses drive out investment and increase prices for Canadians, Canadians are already squeezed and the last thing they need is their government making it more expensive.;
Politicians are wasting a million dollars per minute hosting a handful of international soccer games and FIFA is leaving taxpayers with big pocketbook pain, without the promised economic gain;
"Law enforcement experts say the gun grab will do nothing to make Canada safer...Ottawa needs to listen to the experts and scrap this gun ban and confiscation scheme.”
“Carney needs to reverse course and put down the credit card because taxpayers can’t afford to pay $1,400 covering the government’s interest charges.”
Carney continues government borrowing binge!
April 29, 2026
Debt interest charges will cost $59 billion this year, $81 billion in 2030;