Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Number of federal executives up 42% under Trudeau
October 19, 2024
“Taxpayers are paying through the nose because everywhere you look the size and cost of government is ballooning,”
PBO confirms carbon tax costs more than rebates
October 10, 2024
“It’s simply not credible to believe the government can impose a carbon tax, skim some money off the top, charge its sales tax on top of the carbon tax and then make families better off,”
“Trudeau should listen to Canadians, take this poll as a wake-up call and scrap his ban on new gas and diesel vehicles.”
Scrap the second carbon tax: Taxpayers Federation
September 17, 2024
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can make life more affordable and help our economy by scrapping his carbon taxes”
Singh must push Trudeau to scrap the carbon tax
September 12, 2024
“Canada is a cold place and heating your home really isn’t a choice,” said former NDP leader Jack Layton. “We shouldn’t punish people, and that’s what a carbon tax does.”
Feds won’t balance budget until 2040
September 4, 2024
“This government has given taxpayers every reason to believe it will never balance the budget.”
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