Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Most Recent Articles by Canadian Taxpayers Federation:

CTF Slams Trudeau’s Carbon Tax October 3, 2016

• Federal government plans to impose carbon taxes on unwilling provinces
• By 2022, average family could be paying $2,593 in new taxes each year

Keep Net Zero Bargaining October 1, 2016

While "net zero" may have been a thin and porous dam blocking that government employee wage firehose, it was the only thing we had

Unifor Gets It On Pensions, Why Don’t Our Public Sector Unions? September 28, 2016

So why does Unifor get it on pensions, while CUPW doesn’t?

Time to judge new government by its actions September 27, 2016

A lot of action coming from the Manitoba government lately

Tax-free Cigarettes Adding to Ontario’s Contraband Problem September 22, 2016

One of the simplest steps to fight contraband would be to reduce the number of tax-free government allocated cigarettes given to aboriginal reserves

Ontario Government Allocates Millions More Cigarettes to Reserves than can be Legally Smoked, Losing September 21, 2016

Data reveals that the government has foregone $9.2 billion over eight years in tobacco taxes Calculations reveal that government is allocating 313 million cigarettes more to aboriginal reserves than can be legally sold or consumed

Wynne Launches Petition Against… Herself? September 16, 2016

So if Wynne is aware of the message being given to her by thousands of Ontarians, and she is even asking herself to take action, why isn't she actually doing anything?

Time to End Political Patronage Appointments September 15, 2016

The appointment system isn’t working. The government treats ABC appointments as a parting gift to retiring party favourites and failed candidates

Taxpayers Federation Analysis Finds 33 Per Cent of Failed Liberal By-Election Candidates Receive Pat September 14, 2016

• Analysis shows patronage given to 9 per cent of Liberal candidates who failed, retired, or subsequently won
• Ontario has more patronage appointments than the Federal government

Farmers worry about the environment, but a Prius can’t pull an air seeder September 12, 2016

Canadian farmers are the best in the world at adapting to a tough climate and they’re already producing more food while using less land, water and fuel per bushel

Taxpayers Federation Slams Wynne Throne Speech Plan for Failing to Address Cause of High Hydro Rates September 12, 2016

• Throne Speech plan will remove 8 per cent provincial HST from hydro bills, while rates rise average 8 per cent per year
• No plan in place to address the root causes of soaring electricity prices

A carbon tax plan must start with a referendum September 10, 2016

If Premier Pallister trusts Manitobans, he will hold a referendum before implementing a carbon tax

Taxpayers Federation: If Hydro Rates are “Urgent Issue” for Wynne, She Must Repeal Green Energy Act September 9, 2016

• Hydro rates have skyrocketed since the implementation of the Ontario government's Green Energy Act
• Wynne has new plans to hike prices of home heating despite concerns about cost of living

Pallister provides honesty to Churchill and The Pas August 29, 2016

Taxpayers' money can't fundamentally change the situation for Tolko or OmniTrax. It's a sad, but obvious reality. Premier Pallister is doing the right thing by telling people in Churchill and The Pas the truth

Taxpayers Shut Out of Big Money Court Fight August 29, 2016

The Supreme Court had already fallen into the trap of thinking that "government" pays for education, health care and all the employees that provide the same. They don't. Government has no money apart from what it collects in taxes

Taxpayers Federation Slams Wynne’s Plan to Give Even Higher Taxpayer Subsidy to Political Parties August 23, 2016

Election finance reforms will now see a $2.71 per vote subsidy to political parties instead of planned $2.26 • Taxpayers Federation calls on opposition parties to oppose subsidy

Want to Reduce Dubious Expenses? Post the Receipts Online August 23, 2016

It's time we force Senators, Members of Parliament and their staff to pay more attention to their expenses before they incur them by requiring physical expense receipts to be proactively scanned and posted online

Kathleen Wynne Flip Flopping on Doubling Land Transfer Tax August 17, 2016

Kathleen Wynne again musing about giving municipalities power to levy more taxes, like a land transfer tax despite denying any such plan existed in December: Plan will cost between $10,000 and $15,000 on a $450,000 home

Trudeau’s Senate Reforms Could Do More Harm Than Good August 15, 2016

Those celebrating the new "independent" Senate appointment process may want to dial back the enthusiasm.

Supreme Court to Only Hear from Big Governments and Big Unions in Landmark Case August 8, 2016

Taxpayers Federation intervenor status rejected - only citizens group that applied to intervene 12 unions granted intervenor status

Taxpayers Federation Marks Milestone $300 billion Ontario Debt by Bringing Debt Clock to Wynne July 25, 2016

• Ontario is the most indebted province in absolute terms • Ontario debt has doubled in the last nine years

Say no to a New Home Tax July 19, 2016

City hall thinks taxpayers can always find ways to trim their family budgets in order to pay new taxes. But city hall seems to think that trimming its own budget is an absolute impossibility

Prison Guard Wage Arbitration Reveals Broken System July 14, 2016

Wynne needs to stop opening up the arbitration system to more and more groups, and muster the political will to tackle unsustainable union demands head-on

Don’t Trust Premier Kathleen Wynne to Reveal the True Cost of the ORPP June 30, 2016

How much taxpayer money was wasted on this unnecessary, badly designed, and heavily staffed and advertised boondoggle

Price of Wine Increases in Ontario Today June 20, 2016

The LCBO wine markup tax is increasing by 2 per cent today – the first of four tax hikes on wine

Kathleen’s Kooky Climate Change Plan June 9, 2016

Someone is going to have to pay for all the promises in Kathleen’s kooky climate change plan when she’s faced with the shortfall, and you can bet your next hydro bill that it’s going to be you

Taxpayers Federation Calls Pan Am Executives to Repay $5.7 Million in Bonuses in Wake of Auditor Gen June 9, 2016

The Auditor General found that the games were $342 million over budget, but Pan Am executives still got performance bonuses

Taxpayers Federation Slams Wynne’s $8.3 Billion Green Spending Scheme June 8, 2016

Climate Change Action Plan will drive up the cost of housing, fuel, and commits billions in new spending based on questionable revenue projections

Premier Wynne is Fear Mongering on the Taxpayers’ Dime June 6, 2016

Ontario once proudly led Canada as the sole province where government advertising was subject to third-party oversight to prevent the kinds of waste that was seen at the Federal level.

A budget of good intentions June 3, 2016

The Manitoba government now recognizes chronic deficits are a problem. It is taking steps, however tentative, to address the growing danger of runaway debt.