Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Poll shows Canadians want carbon tax-on-tax scrapped
August 29, 2024
Trudeau hiked payroll taxes, carbon taxes, alcohol taxes, capital gains taxes, imposed a digital services tax and a streaming tax
Poll shows 7-in-10 Canadians oppose CBC bonuses
August 27, 2024
The CBC is paying out $18.4 million in bonuses this year. The CBC’s bonuses have cost taxpayers $132 million since 2015
Poll shows Canadians want to shrink bureaucracy
August 6, 2024
“Canadians can’t afford to pay higher taxes and the government is up to its eyeballs in debt, so it’s time for Ottawa to take air out of its ballooning bureaucracy.”
Canadians are sick and tired of the government’s tax hikes
CBC approves more bonuses for 1,200 staff
July 9, 2024
The CBC will take $1.4 billion in taxpayer cash this year, an all-time high. The federal government also gave the CBC a $42-million funding top-up in Budget 2024 after Tait complained the state broadcaster is subject to “chronic underfunding.”
Canadians don't need a bunch of taxpayer-funded bureaucrats snooping around our social media
Carbon tax costs Canadian economy $12 billion this year
June 26, 2024
The carbon tax costs Canadians big time for gas, home heating bills and everything else
Canadians are struggling, so MPs shouldn’t rig the system so more politicians can collect lucrative, taxpayer-funded pensions
These lopsided numbers show that these corporate handouts are nothing more than a vanity project for politicians
The Trudeau government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem, and doesn’t deserve a penny more from Canadians
Trudeau needs to take some air out of his ballooning bloated bureaucracy
Scrap the green corporate slush fund
June 5, 2024
“Time and time again we see this government blow tens of millions of tax dollars without proper guardrails”
The reality is that taxpayers will be the ones to pay those taxes
Bank of Canada issues $23 million in bonuses in 2023
June 4, 2024
"At best, the Bank of Canada failed to keep a lid on rising inflation and, at worst, it drove inflation higher by printing hundreds of billions of dollars out of thin air"
"Both the Conservatives and the NDP are on record opposing the plan to push back the election to secure millions in extra pensions for politicians"
Feds dish out $406 million in bonuses in 2023
May 30, 2024
“In the real world, when you fail to do your job you might get a pink slip, not a big bonus cheque."
CTF launches legal challenge against CBC
May 28, 2024
“Taxpayers have every right to know how much CBC senior executives took from them in bonuses last year. One way or another, the CTF will drag this information into the light.”
The Teddy, a pig-shaped trophy the CTF annually awards to governments’ worst waste offenders
CBC tries to hide senior executive bonuses
May 6, 2024
“The CBC is legally obligated to release the bonus documents days after the parliamentary committee hearing so obviously Tait has the details readily at hand...f MPs ask for those details, she needs to answer
PBO forecasts bigger deficits for years to come
April 30, 2024
Every penny collected from the GST will now go to cover interest charges on the Trudeau government’s credit card
Massive deficits send debt interest charges soaring
April 16, 2024
This government has no plan to balance the budget or save money. This government’s only plan is to take as much money from taxpayers as it can
In Budget 2024, Trudeau needs to put down the credit card and pick up the scissors
The Parliamentary Budget Officer reports that average Canadian families will be out up to $911 this year
Trudeau gives Quebec special treatment on carbon tax
April 3, 2024
Trudeau’s special deal for Quebec shows the carbon tax was always about politics
Feds hike taxes and MP pay today
April 1, 2024
MPs are taking more money out of Canadians’ pockets and stuffing more money into their own and that’s wrong
Carbon tax costs average Ontario family $627 this year
March 28, 2024
“The carbon tax makes it more expensive to fuel our cars, heat our homes and fill our fridges”
Poll shows 4 in 5 Canadians oppose MP pay raise
March 26, 2024
"On the very same day politicians take more money out of Canadians’ wallets with tax hikes, they’ll be stuffing more money into their own and that’s wrong"
Moving election means tens of millions in extra pensions
March 25, 2024
When MPs tweak the system to pad their pockets, it sends a signal to thousands of bureaucrats that they should dig deeper into the trough
MPs must vote against carbon tax hike
March 20, 2024
CBC bonuses total $15 million in 2023
March 12, 2024
The CBC dished out $15 million in bonuses in 2023, despite announcing hundreds of layoffs weeks before Christmas. Our Investigative Journalist Ryan Thorpe dug up the details through access-to-information requests