Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Rural B.C. Reality vs. Urban Carbon Tax Mythology
October 10, 2012
It’s time for B.C. politicians to listen carefully to what those outside the Lower Mainland are saying—the carbon tax must go.
Dix Wrong to Kill Balanced Budget Law
September 27, 2012
Would Allow NDP Government to Run Deficits Without Ministerial Accountability and Pay Cut
“Targeted-Benifit” MLA Pension Plan is Putting Lipstick on a Pig
September 26, 2012
The proposed “targeted-benefit” pension plan for Alberta MLAs could be little more than a coat of lipstick on the pig of a gold-plated pension plan
MPs Ponder a Pay Raise to Pay For Pension Reform
September 25, 2012
As 1.3 Million Unemployed Canadians Prepare for Win
Some Chiefs Unhappy, But Grassroots Pleased
September 21, 2012
Bill C-27
CTF MP Pension Campaign Takes to the Air in Ottawa
September 17, 2012
Ontario’s teacher-pay freeze doesn’t go nearly far enough
September 14, 2012
Time to Close the Pension Gap
September 4, 2012
Defined-benefit pension plan
Senator-in-Waiting Bills $28k of Expenses to University of Calgary
September 4, 2012
Doug Black reimburses University $5,399.86 for liquor and executive class flights two months after CTF FOIP
Nobody seems to need the federal government’s guidance on what’s fair
Pension Gap Astounding in Canada
August 29, 2012
Average government employee saw $8,734 go into their pension plan in 2011, just $4,092 for everyone else
BC: Hidden Taxes Strangling B.C. Taxpayers
August 23, 2012
It would have been nice if Brown’s concern for taxpayers had surfaced while he was still in the Premier’s office
Advice for Mr. Pallister
August 23, 2012
The Progressive Conservative Party needs to think about what Manitoba’s books are going to look like when the next election rolls around
Changing Labour Laws Could Save You Money
August 21, 2012
Troubling scenario is actually a reality
BC: ICBC Executives Make Drunken Sailors Blush
August 16, 2012
A horror movie for taxpayers
Harper Governments Needs to Get Serious About Payroll Costs
August 16, 2012
So far, the Harper Conservatives have shown no interest in tackling workplace adjustment entitlements
Kill the Carbon Tax!
August 13, 2012
CTF submits 25-page report to B.C. carbon tax review panel
15-second digital ads playing in Toronto washrooms
August 8, 2012
Taxpayers Federation Invites Canadians to Flush the Platinum-Plated MP Pension Scheme
Where there’s smoke, there’s Bev Oda
Pacific Carbon Trust
MLAs Must Stop Procrastinating on Transparency
July 27, 2012
Without proper records it’s impossible to tell where MLAs are spending our money
Delay must not turn into avoid: CTF turns up heat before Parliament returns this Fall to implement promised changes
Just Be Up Front About Stadium Deal
July 23, 2012
It’s not acceptable that taxpayers were completely shut out from having a referendum on the deal or even so much as an open house to provide their input.
Innu Development Limited Partnership, a business owned by the Sheshatshiu and Mushuau First Nations
MLAs Exit with Millions in Pensions
July 11, 2012
Unfortunately for taxpayers, Premier Gordon Campbell took MLAs back to the gold-plated system in 2007
Oda to Receive $701K Pension Payout
July 3, 2012
For the year ending 2009-10, taxpayers contributed $102.6 million to the MP pension fund, while parliamentarians chipped in $4.4 million, a $23.30 to $1 ratio
CTF Slams $23 million Payday for the MP Pension Plan
June 28, 2012
Parliamentary pension plan
Taxpayers Brace For Another Carbon Tax Hike
June 28, 2012
B.C. carbon tax increases from 5.56 to 6.67 cents per litre on July 1st
How Was $224 Million Spent on Dam Negotiations?
June 20, 2012
CTF will be challenging refusal to release details on these expenditures with new information law
Audit reveals MPs reimbursed for expenses without providing proper paperwork, Only a tiny sample size reviewed—264 of 85,000 transactions