Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:

Uniquely Preventable Boondoggle February 4, 2011
Manitoba Hydro power line project (Bipole III)
Leaked Bipole Bombshell January 31, 2011
"Manitobans simply can’t afford the extra $1 billion it will cost to build a much longer line down the west side of the province.”
K-12 Reform Worth a Look January 28, 2011
Labour costs as they typically represent 70-80 per cent of school spending
Your Hydro Bill’s Ticking Time Bomb January 25, 2011
BiPole III
Just say No to the PST January 25, 2011
Getting a bad deal from the government
BC government on autopilot as the meter keeps running for MLA’s January 18, 2011
Really, who's counting?
Taxpayers Deserve Full Protection From Inflation January 12, 2011
"Bracket creep"
Another Year, Another Secret Tax Hike January 12, 2011
Manitoba is one of three provinces in Canada that still uses one of the most secretive forms of tax increases
Political tax games threaten BC working families and the provincial economy January 4, 2011
Taxes, fees, HST, Rate hikes
Challenge to the Premier December 29, 2010
Saskatchewan taxpayers have paid their dues; it’s time to reap the rewards
Year End Provincial Round-up December 29, 2010
With 2011 nearly upon us, here’s a quick thumbs up/thumbs down recap of the provincial government’s activities in 2010.
CTF releases federal and provincial tax changes for New Year December 28, 2010
Taxpayers in provinces with inflation rates above the national average will see a disproportionate increase in their effective tax bill
Premier Stelmach: Don’t break your word December 20, 2010
  • CTF encourages premier to stick to balanced budget by 2012
  • Getty-like extensions on balanced budget target won’t work
CTF makes pre-budget submission to finance minister December 17, 2010
Spending control, income tax relief and innovative government reform top recommendations
Taxpayers Fundraise, Bureaucrats Don’t December 9, 2010
  • WRHA spent $37,712 on BBQ, planters and picnic tables for rooftop patio at new Main Street office
  • Misericordia Hospital Foundation volunteers out fundraising in the cold again today for rooftop patio for patients
Want-to-be BC premiers should forget about playing Santa Claus December 8, 2010
B.C’s next premier certainly won’t be able to spend like Santa Claus. Or pretty soon, we'll be forced to save like Scrooge
CTF to Morton: Time to cut spending December 7, 2010
  • Budget 2011 submission presented to Alberta’s Finance Minister
  • CTF estimates 2011-12 deficit could be three times higher than promised
Opposition Should Support Reserve Transparency Bill December 1, 2010
Bill C-575 takes an important first step
Feds make smart decision on Expo bid November 22, 2010
Enormous cost for an event that has few, if any, tangible benefits
Small Taxpayer Victory November 18, 2010
Improve disclosure of politicians' expense accounts
CTF outraged over tax-cut flip-flop November 18, 2010
B.C. government’s decision to reverse a 15 per cent personal tax cut
Another Surprise Tax Increase November 17, 2010
That clear-as-mud wording is probably the reason why no media outlet appears to have noticed the tax change to date.
8 Stadium Questions for Mayor Katz and Premier Selinger November 9, 2010
“Taxpayers have been kept in the dark all along on this project and look what’s happened,”
Campbell Pension to Top $100K a Year. Over $2-million to Age 80 November 4, 2010
B.C.'s enhanced MLA pension plan
Sask Throne Speech Highs and Lows November 4, 2010
Taxpayer-friendly course
Wild Reserve Salaries Not Isolated Cases November 3, 2010
Legislation aimed at improving the disclosure of band council salaries
Throne Speech: The Good and the Bad October 28, 2010
Saskatchewan
Wild Reserve Salaries Not Isolated Cases October 20, 2010
If you’re a chief, you often receive a salary, honorariums for various work, travel pay and “other remuneration.”
Government Pension Lottery Inappropriate October 20, 2010
Government should not be conducting pension lotteries. It should be helping all taxpayers fund their retirements by leaving more in their pockets in the first place
Release stadium tender results October 12, 2010
Voters should be given revised stadium cost before election