Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Government must come clean on total Olympic costs
July 9, 2010
CTF is not alone in calling for complete transparency on all taxpayer-funded costs
Federal Fish Factory Frustrating Fishermen
July 9, 2010
Federal government’s Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation monopoly
Sell-Outs a Sign
July 8, 2010
Saskatchewan Rough Riders Home Field woes
Tax Sleight of Hand
June 30, 2010
British Columbia HST: $2 billion shift in hidden sales taxes from business to consumers
Fishy Findings At Freshwater
June 24, 2010
Spoiled fish counts up nearly 500% at government-run fish processing plant, CTF supports fishermen's call for right to choose where to sell their catch
Documentary Needed on Wasteful Film Subsidies
June 22, 2010
Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit Program
You can fight City Hall
June 15, 2010
CTF and ITAC release Ratepayer Association Template
Hollywood Wins Big in the Corporate Welfare Lottery
June 2, 2010
No evidence that tax handouts to any business, let alone to a film business, create a net benefit for the economy
Sask MLA Expense Transparency Needed
May 28, 2010
CTF Calls for placing politicians' expenses online like the City of Toronto
Good News For Sask Motorists
May 25, 2010
This year, more than 100 per cent of fuel tax revenue will be put back into roads in most provinces across the country, including Saskatchewan
Nothing gets the blood boiling faster than the feeling 'big money' is buying elections
Don’t Take It Anymore Folks
May 12, 2010
Reckless Spending Act, Balanced budget law
The corporate welfare challenge
May 5, 2010
Green-energy corporate welfare leads to higher energy prices and fewer jobs
CTF calls on mayoral candidate Judy Wasylycia-Leis to disclose her expenses as MP
Spending creates a very different tax burden, which is particularly acute
Mr. Asper is Clear Winner in Poor Process
April 7, 2010
Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium deal
Pay freeze fakery
April 5, 2010
Taxpaying families, concerned about stagnating incomes, increasing deficits and skyrocketing debt might wonder just how serious government is about spending control when it engages in this type of trickery
Bogus MLA Pay Freeze Outed
March 31, 2010
"Freezing the MLA pay hike for 2010 was complete fakery because according to the way the pay hike is calculated, it would have been zero anyway,"
We Could Learn From Saskatchewan
March 29, 2010
Manitoba's Deficit Budget, Saskatchewan reducing the Bureaucracy
There is no such thing as free health care
March 22, 2010
People languish and die on wait lists because government rations – or limits – the amount of health care it supplies
Education System Broken, Reform Needed
March 20, 2010
Enrolment down 10% while costs up 45% from 1999
No Tax Dollars for Local Politicians
March 17, 2010
CTF makes submission to Local Government Elections Task Force
They’re all health taxes now - or soon will be
March 8, 2010
B.C. Government and bait and switch with new taxes
Dome Democracy Please
March 4, 2010
New dome for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Breathing life into Alberta’s Moribund Democracy
February 28, 2010
Keeping the voter engaged
Budget Cliff Driving: Hit the Brakes!
February 25, 2010
Prime Minister Harper has promised only to slow the rate of growth of spending – this year creating a record deficit of $56 billion
Non-missing Mint Gold Search Cost $1.4 million
February 23, 2010
Mint Spent 3 Bars of Gold To Find 44 Bars Not Missing
Debt Threats
February 22, 2010
Between 2001 and 2004, government spending hovered around $30 billion per year
We’re With You Minister Wowchuk
February 19, 2010
Recognize the pain of those who are footing the bill for the public sector salaries
Return to the Principles of Transparency and Accountability
February 17, 2010
Taxpayers should have access to the information government holds