Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:

Petition opposing ex-governor general expense account reaches 100,000 signatures February 9, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to study the issue after media reported Adrienne Clarkson billed taxpayers for more than a $1.1 million in expenses after leaving office
Taxpayers: wealth taxes don’t work January 28, 2021
It’s time to tighten up the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy January 26, 2021
Former governors general can claim office expenses from beyond the grave January 26, 2021
Nobody in the real world hands in receipts to a job after quitting
Taxpayers shouldn’t be stuck paying Julie Payette’s expenses forever January 26, 2021
Ensure Canadian taxpayers aren’t stuck bankrolling a disgraced former official for the rest of her life
Ottawa must stop paying expenses for former governors general January 22, 2021
Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying billions to subsidize cruise ship repairs January 22, 2021
$3 billion in taxpayer money down the drain is no small thing
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City Hall admits Rail Deck Park is 99.9 per cent unfunded January 21, 2021
“Tory and the rest of city council should do the responsible thing and abandon their reckless plans for this unfunded sky-park boondoggle”
Toronto’s tax-and-spend budget for 2021 not a serious plan for city’s financial woes January 14, 2021
“Tory’s plan to proceed with Rail Deck Park is the $3.8-billion elephant in the room,”
Toronto must control spending instead of raising taxes in 2021 January 14, 2021
Tory and the rest of Toronto city council must stop wasting taxpayers’ money and get their spending under control this year
Taxpayers release Naughty and Nice List December 24, 2020
• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tops the Naughty List
• Politicians that took pay cuts land on the Nice List
Federal debt has passed $1,000,000,000,000 December 22, 2020
The federal debt is currently increasing by over $10,000 per second, $43 million per hour or $1 billion every day
Trudeau’s second carbon tax means more costs at worst possible time December 18, 2020
Ottawa needs to save money and it can start by fixing procurement December 9, 2020
Post-pandemic fiscal reality should make governments more focused on value for money.
Taxpayers deserve ‘duty of care’ from the CRA December 3, 2020
It’s well past time that taxpayers had some clear protection from overzealous CRA agents
Freeland looks to take the federal debt to infinity and beyond December 1, 2020
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic statement
Taxpayers Federation warns of debt spiral as federal debt approaches $1,000,000,000,000 November 30, 2020
A pandemic isn’t a free pass to cynically increase spending on everything, especially when taxpayers are struggling
A Netflix tax is a solution in search of a problem November 23, 2020
Misguided plan to force Canadians to pay more for content they want in order to subsidize content they don’t
House-of-cards economics didn’t work for Bombardier Why should it for the auto sector? November 17, 2020
Put an end to the irresponsible house-of-cards approach that has proven so wasteful of taxpayer money
Chrystia Freeland comes bearing good news November 2, 2020
“Laying a foundation” for the economy of tomorrow. It is a speech that pledges literally nothing but spending today and spending tomorrow with a vague shrug that someday, maybe, we’ll stop
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Canada’s drifting fiscal ship needs an anchor October 20, 2020
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has indicated that a fiscal update is coming later this fall. It must include an anchor to guide federal budgeting for the future.
Canadian Taxpayers Federation Reacts to Corporate Welfare for Ford Motor Company October 8, 2020
This is not the time to double down on the disastrous strategy of picking corporate winners and losers
Taxpayers Federation reacts to Parliamentary Budget Office report on carbon taxes October 8, 2020
The Trudeau government needs to stop pursuing a Pyrrhic victory, and start focusing on getting our economy back on track by making life more affordable for Canadians
Trudeau’s infrastructure announcement raises a host of red flags October 7, 2020
Canada Infrastructure Bank couldn’t identify projects that were enticing enough to secure private investors
Would you trust the CRA to do your taxes for you? October 5, 2020
Trudeau’s second carbon tax coming at worst possible time October 5, 2020
Trudeau needs to go back to drawing board and come up with an environmental plan that doesn’t hammer taxpayers
Taxpayers Federation: Throne speech promises risk breaking the bank September 24, 2020
• Deficit closing in on $400 billion but speech gives no indication govt has any plans to address it
• Alarming references to new, permanent big-ticket spending on measures unrelated to the pandemic
• Green corporate welfare plans
Canadian Taxpayers Federation releases framework for economic recovery September 16, 2020
• Reducing total federal spending by $30 billion, including cuts to MP and senator salaries
• Tax reductions of $20 billion, including temporary elimination of the small business tax
For a tax-cut led recovery September 8, 2020
Pie-in-the-sky, government-directed stimulus is enormously expensive, and simply doesn’t work
Ottawa funded rock star photo gala and sex toy exhibit: Taxpayers Federation September 8, 2020
• Global Affairs Canada’s Mission Cultural Fund $6 million overbudget in its first three years
• Bryan Adams photo exhibit cost taxpayers $51,000
• A sex toy exhibit in Hamburg cost taxpayers $8,800