Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
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
A majority of Canadians across all demographics – gender, age, province, income, education level – oppose the carbon tax hike.
Trudeau’s Hamilton cabinet retreat cost taxpayers more than $300,000
February 23, 2024
In the span of a year, Trudeau’s three “affordability” cabinet retreats cost taxpayers more than $1 million
Trudeau’s carbon tax rebrand is lipstick on a pig
February 15, 2024
Trudeau’s real problem isn’t that Canadians don’t know what his government is doing, Trudeau’s real problem is that Canadians know his carbon tax is making life more expensive
Senate’s Bill C-234 amendments cost farmers $910 million
February 15, 2024
Farmers have been waiting too long for much-needed relief
Auditor General report shows feds failed taxpayers on ArriveCAN
February 14, 2024
Taxpayers deserve accountability and there needs to be consequences for executives in the bureaucracy who wasted our money
ArriveCAN execs got $340,000 in bonuses
February 8, 2024
Significant sub-contracting irregularities related to ArriveCAN have also been identified, including a two-person staffing firm in the Ottawa region receiving up to $2.7 million in commissions despite doing no IT work on the project.
Charlottetown cabinet retreat cost taxpayers almost half-a-million
February 6, 2024
“So yeah, it’s not an easy time to be a taxpayer,”
Tait must do right thing and end CBC bonuses
January 30, 2024
Tait should do the right thing, take a pay cut and cancel the bonuses at the CBC
MP pay to increase between $8,000 and $16,000 in 2024
January 23, 2024
The average annual salary among all full-time workers is about $67,000, according to Statistics Canada.
Investigative story: Fed executive pay rises $571 million since 2015
January 17, 2024
Since 2015, federal executive compensation has increased by $571 million, or 41 per cent. The average annual compensation among federal executives is now $208,480.
Debt interest charges balloon 37 per cent: Stats Can
January 9, 2024
“This should be a wake-up call for the feds,” Terrazzano said. “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to put down the credit card and pick up some scissors.”
Taxpayers release Naughty and Nice List
December 22, 2023
It takes a special type of Scrooge to lay off hundreds of employees weeks before the holidays and not be willing to give up your own bonus
Brace for impact: more federal tax hikes in 2024
December 19, 2023
Payroll Tax, Carbon Tax, Alcohol escalator tax
PBO forecasts higher deficit, more spending
December 8, 2023
King’s coronation cost taxpayers $534,000 and counting
November 29, 2023
Canada also sent a sizeable delegation to Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral in September 2022, racking up nearly $400,000 in hotel costs alone
Every year the feds hike alcohol taxes without a single vote in Parliament. That’s undemocratic