Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
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
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
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.
This is not the time to double down on the disastrous strategy of picking corporate winners and losers
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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Bryan Adams photo exhibit cost taxpayers $51,000
• A sex toy exhibit in Hamburg cost taxpayers $8,800
• Federal govt. labour costs have outpaced inflation, population growth since 2005--now cost taxpayers $51.5 billion/year
• Reducing federal employees by 15%, reducing remaining salaries by and average of 15% would save $14.3 billion
• Reducing federal employees by 15%, reducing remaining salaries by and average of 15% would save $14.3 billion
In the tough times ahead, what is Trudeau prepared to cut?
August 26, 2020
There is simply no getting around the fact that significant spending cuts will need to be a major part of eventually getting the federal books back to balance
Federal political parties have long benefitted from generous tax credits and election reimbursement programs
A home equity tax would be but the latest example of politicians using housing as their personal ATM
The Supreme Court ruled against the judges, refusing to compel disclosure of B.C. cabinet documents while only ordering the release of a few specific documents from Nova Scotia
"Mayor Tory has his priorities all wrong"
“The WE Charity contract is precisely the kind of scandal that robust Parliamentary scrutiny can help prevent”
There are tough times ahead, and the sooner Morneau grabs the bull by the horns and starts making hard choices, the better
Pandemic-related spending has caused the deficit to balloon by more than one thousand per cent in just four months
Politicians shouldn't be surprised when taxpayers start demanding an end to the rest of their cozy little subsidy racket
Study shows Toronto mega-park bill likely to double
May 26, 2020
“It’s ridiculous that Tory thinks struggling taxpayers across the country should be on the hook for his pet project in downtown Toronto”
Now more than ever, Canadian taxpayers need relief. With carbon tax burdens declining around the globe during the COVID-19 crisis, walking back the recent carbon tax hike should be a no-brainer for our federal government
There is no worse time to hike taxes than during an economic downturn