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Federal bureaucrats bought hundreds of thousands of dollars in tickets to circuses and concerts, balls and ballets, galas and award shows, football and hockey games, dance festivals and musicals – then sent you.

Plus, the Trudeau government blew more than $2.7 million on high-profile film and music festivals around the world, where they made taxpayer cash rain throwing expensive parties.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.

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Big news on the carbon tax!

After pressure from Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporters, federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh signals his party may oppose the carbon tax. And British Columbia’s NDP government says it will scrap the provincial carbon tax if a future federal government removes the national requirement for one.

We break down what this means for taxpayers like you, how much the carbon tax costs and why the tax is NOT and environmental solution.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.

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The Trudeau government spent $32,250 bankrolling an intersectional feminist report on the evils of outer space.

 

The report claims current approaches to outer space are “heavily Western, state-centric, militarized, masculinized, and colonial,” and encourage practices that are “racist, exploitative, elitist, and environmentally destructive.”

 

Plus, the feds are wasting $7 million of your money on a new ad campaign trying to convince Canadians the carbon tax is good. 

 

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.

 

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It took Parks Canada four years and $10,000 (of your tax dollars) before they captured a single frog in British Columbia. 

All told, Parks Canada spent 15,000 hunting 101 frogs. 

And don’t forget: Parks Canada also spent $800,000 getting foreign hunters to kill 84 deer out of a helicopter – that’s $10,000 a deer!

You can mock Parks Canada for its frog hunt failure by picking up a brand-new t-shirt at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s online shop: https://shop.taxpayer.com/collections/t-shirts

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The federal government won’t balance the budget until 2040, according to data released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer.   Between now and the time the budget is balanced in 2040, interest charges on the federal debt will cost taxpayers $847 billion, which amounts to more than $18,000 per Canadian.   Plus, we’ve released new polling on the CBC’s bonuses and the carbon tax-on-tax. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.   Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

We take a deep dive into the CBC to tell you how much the state broadcaster is costing you and what it’s spending YOUR money on.

The CBC’s ratings are plummeting, it costs Canadians more than $1.4 Billion this year, and it’s STILL handing out big bonuses.

The CBC has handed out $132 million in bonuses since 2015, and THIS YEAR, it’s awarding $18.4 million in bonuses this year.

Also: What would Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre do about CBC bonuses if he were prime minister? Franco has his answer!

Latest on the bonuses at the CBC: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/feds-must-end-cbc-bonuses-now

The bajillion numbers of stats on CBC’s ratings, viewership and spending on Indigenous programming: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/defund-the-cbc

Sign the petition to defund the CBC and to stop government payments to media: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/defund-the-cbc-and-end-media-bailout

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Hosts: Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Franco Terrazzano, Ryan Thorpe and Kris Sims.

You’re paying higher taxes because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bureaucrat hiring spree is out of control.

Trudeau added 108,000 federal bureaucrats – a 42 per cent increase since 2015. If any politician wants to balance the budget and cut taxes, they’ll need to shrink the federal bureaucracy.   All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.   Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

The majority of Canadians say the government spends too much money, takes too much money from our paycheques and wastes money on the wrong priorities. That’s according to a new Ipsos poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute.

  The MEI’s Vice President of Communications Renaud Brossard joins the show to break down the new poll and what Canadians think of the Trudeau government’s taxing and spending.   All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.   Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

Trying to make homes more affordable with a tax hike is like trying to boil water with your freezer. But the Trudeau government keeps flirting with home equity taxes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently attended “a private town hall about generational fairness,” hosted by a group advocating for home taxes. The feds also spent $450,000 funding and promoting a report that recommends a home equity tax.

We break down why you’re right to be concerned that a home equity tax could right around the corner.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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The Trudeau government’s own data shows the carbon tax will cost Canada’s economy $12 billion this year. By 2030, the carbon tax will cost our economy $30 billion. 

Plus, we break down the provincial fuel taxes you pay while driving on your summer road trips. 

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his entourage billed taxpayers more than $220,000 for airplane food during their week-long tour of the Indo-Pacific last September.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation dug up all the meal receipts through an access to information request.

Here are some of the airplane meals they enjoyed:

Braised lamb shanks with steamed broccoli and boiled baby potatoes.

Beef brisket and parsley mashed potatoes with truffle oil.

Pan fried beef tenderloin with port wine reduction sauce.

Strawberry shortcake and baked cheesecake with pistachio brittle.

All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

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The Trudeau government is hiking taxes again!

The Liberals, NDP and Bloc just voted to hike capital gains taxes. Plus, the feds are bringing in a new Streaming Tax. 

We break down what all these tax hikes mean for you in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

Sign the PETITON – NO capital gains tax hike: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/no-capital-gains-tax-hike

The Trudeau government wants to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars by 2035.

Plus, the feds are giving multinational corporations tens of billions to build battery plants and there’s a new taxpayer scandal in Ottawa.  All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation launched a legal challenge against the CBC. 

The CBC refuses to release how much in bonuses it paid out to President Catherine Tait and its senior executives. The CTF filed a legal challenge with the Information Commissioner to force the CBC to release those records come clean with you. 

Plus, the feds dished out $406 million in bonuses last year. All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

 Tax hikes for you, more taxpayer cash for multinational corporations.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford teamed up to give $5 billion to Honda. The government says it will create 1,000 jobs. That’s a cost to taxpayers of $5 million per job.

And that’s on top of the tens of billions of dollars governments have already announced for other multinational corporations like Volkswagen, Stellantis and Northvolt.

Welcome to Canada, where you pay a federal sales tax so Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can cover the interest payments on his government’s credit card.

That’s literally what’s happening. Interest charges on Canada’s debt will be $54 billion this year. GST revenues will be $54 billion.

On top of soaring interest charges, the federal budget includes massive deficits, a tax hike, the doubling of the national debt, and no plan to balance the budget.

We break down what you need to know about the federal government’s 2024 Budget. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving you higher gas prices and giving Quebec a special deal on the carbon tax. 

Quebec’s carbon tax currently costs $57 per tonne. Trudeau is making you and every other Canadian pay a carbon tax that costs $80 per tonne. And that carbon tax gap is expected to grow…

Plus, we break down just how much federal debt interest charges are costing taxpayers. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost the people and the premiers on the carbon tax.

Seven of 10 Canadians and provincial premiers oppose Trudeau’s April 1 carbon tax hike. But Liberal, NDP, Green and Bloc Québécois MPs decided to stand with the prime minister and voted to make you pay higher carbon taxes. 

And we break down Trudeau’s April 1 alcohol tax hike. 

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

Governor General Mary Simon took another pay raise this year, bringing her annual salary to $363,000. This is Simon’s third pay raise since being appointed to the role less than three years ago.

And the CBC dished out another $15 million in taxpayer-funded bonuses in 2023. 

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

And you can get your shirt at taxpayer.com.

Taxpayers are right to be worried about Trudeau’s online censorship. We asked the Canadian Constitution Foundation to break down Trudeau’s so-called online harms bill and how that can impact your free expression and ability to hold governments accountable.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

And here’s how you can take action against Trudeau’s online censorship. Visit the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s website and help push back: https://theccf.ca/fix-c-63/

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe comes off the bench to fight Trudeau’s carbon tax. And the vast majority of Canadians don’t support Trudeau’s carbon tax hike on April 1.   Plus, we break down how Trudeau’s carbon tax makes your grocery bills more expensive.   All that and more on this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

The Trudeau government’s three “affordability” cabinet retreats over the course of a single year cost taxpayers more than $1 million. And you better believe they’ve been eating good on your dime…

Trudeau also dropped $11,651 of your tax dollars to party with the media at one of his mansions.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

The ArriveSCAM app is worse than you think. The Auditor General writes a scathing report into the ArriveCAN app that socially distanced taxpayers from tens of millions of dollars.

And we break down Trudeau’s carbon tax rebrand. Trudeau thinks he can make you support his favourite tax by changing the name of his carbon tax rebates. But that’s just lipstick on a pig. The government needs to stop the gimmicks and scrap the carbon tax.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

Costs for the ArriveCAN app spiralled out of control to $54 million. Despite their failure,
government executives working on the app still took more than $340,000 in bonuses.

Most people spend zero dollars not staying in a luxury hotel room. Well, the feds spent
$600,000 NOT staying in luxury hotel rooms.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

CBC President Catherine Tait was in the hot seat as MPs grilled her over the millions in bonuses
she’s been doling out at the state broadcaster with your money.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks he’s figured out a way to stop his polls from plummeting:
re-brand his carbon tax rebate scheme! But there’s not enough lipstick on the planet to cover
up the big pig that is his carbon tax.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

Canadians are paying about 55 cents per litre of gas every time we fuel up. That means you’re
paying about $35 in taxes when fueling up a big sedan. And that big tax bill is only getting
bigger as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cranks up his two carbon taxes.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Gas-Tax-Honesty-Report-2023.pdf

Taxpayer funded media and government censorship

“How are these people supposed to hold the government accountable when the government is
signing their paycheque?” Ryan Thorpe, CTF’s Investigative Journalist, said. “Journalists should
not only avoid real conflicts of interest, they should also avoid even the perception of one.”
Taxpayers are forced to pay more than $1 billion every year to fund the CBC. The feds also
bailed out the corporate press to the tune of $595 million. More bad news: the feds are pushing
through laws that could limit your ability to hold the government accountable online.

SIGN THE PETITION HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/defund-the-cbc-and-end-
media-bailout

Bureaucrats discover dumbest ways to spend tax dollars

Stress balls, charcuterie boards, candles and climate change card games: the Canadian
Taxpayers Federation does a deep dive into all the ways the federal government spends your
money on branding merchandise.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/stress-balls,-charcuterie-boards-
and-climate-change-card-games-inside-the-feds’-branded-merch-shopping-spree

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Quebec a special deal on the carbon tax. The math is
simple: Trudeau is forcing drivers in every other province and territory to pay 14 cents per litre
of gas in carbon taxes, while Quebecers pay 10 cents per litre. The solution is also simple:
Trudeau should scrap his carbon taxes and make life more affordable for all Canadians.
We break down everything you need to know about the carbon tax, including Quebec’s special
deal.

SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-federal-carbon-tax

Trudeau rewards failure with taxpayer-funded bonuses
Bonuses are for people who do a good job, not people who fail at their one and only job. Bank
of Canada bureaucrats got $20 million in bonuses in 2022 while the Crown corporation hiked
interest rates seven times and inflation reached a 40-year high. Here’s the worst part:
rewarding failure with bonuses is the rule, not the exception, in Ottawa.

READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/ottawa-rewards-failure-taxpayer-
funded-bonuses

Governor General takes taxpayers for a ride
Taxpayers were forced to pick up the tab for a $71,000 bill from “Icelimo Luxury Travel” during
Governor General Mary Simon’s four-day visit to Iceland last fall. We’re not saying the governor
general should be hitchhiking, but surely she could have gotten around a small island for less
than the price of a brand-new BMW.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/71k-in-limo-service-for-governor-
generals-2022-four-day-iceland-trip

The Trudeau government deserves a big chunk of the blame for rising mortgage payments.
Ottawa’s never-ending deficits, tax hikes and money printing helped push inflation to a 40-year
high. Without this inflation, the Bank of Canada would have little reason to raise rates and
Canadians wouldn’t be worried about their mortgage payments going through the roof.

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/terrazzano-higher-interest-
rates-the-price-of-government-inflation

You paid for ex-politician to go to Harvard

Welcome to Canada: where losing re-election is like winning a prestigious scholarship. Up to
$15,000. All on the taxpayers’ dime. The CTF uncovered a little-known slush fund that former
members of Parliament can use to pay for their post-secondary education after they leave
Parliament Hill.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/former-mps-billed-taxpayers-over-90000-
in-transitional-benefits

No more sex toy shows for Trudeau government

Taxpayers just scored a big victory in Ottawa! Global Affairs Canada announced it’s scrapping
the multi-million-dollar slush fund known as the Mission Cultural Fund. The MCF was used to
pay for a sex toy show in Germany, for old people in Taiwan to talk about their sex lives on
stage and to promote Margaret Atwood’s book in Australia.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/scrapping-wasteful-mission-
cultural-fund-a-huge-win-for-taxpayers

Trudeau buried a second carbon tax in fuel regulations that take effect this July. By the time the
regulations are fully in force, the second carbon tax will cost the average family up to $1,157.
There are no rebates with the second carbon tax, and it’s being layered on top of the current
tax.

READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-ottawa-second-carbon-tax

Trudeau hands out corporate welfare like candy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Volkswagen more than $13 billion in corporate welfare.
Stellantis is another multinational corporation that’s looking for a taxpayer handout. How many
billions of dollars will Trudeau force taxpayers to give multinational corporations?

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-taxpayers-get-soaked-
by-volkswagen-giveaway

You’re buying the governor general clothes

The governor general’s salary is well north of $300,000. But you’re still forced to pay for her
clothes. The governor general makes enough money. She should pay for her own clothes.

SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/rein-in-governor-general-perks

The Trudeau government told taxpayers it would save money in budget 2023. Here’s a pro-tip for the government: if you increase spending by $85 billion, you’re saving money wrong.

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/terrazzano-trudeau-doesnt-know-what-saving-money-means 

 

CTF fights carbon tax at parliamentary committee

Franco brought a simple message for members of Parliament: Stop hiking the taxes that make our food so expensive. 

SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-federal-carbon-tax 

 

Trudeau scared of taxpayer legal challenge

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally fessed up and admitted he stayed in the $6,000 per night hotel room during the Queen’s funeral in London, England. Trudeau knew he was going to lose in court. That’s why he fessed up. 

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/taxpayers-federation-legal-action-hotel-suite

Taxes up. MP pay up. We’re fed up.

 

Politicians think you can afford to pay more tax at the gas pump and the liquor store. Meanwhile, MPs say they need a pay hike.

A good budget with big promises (that we’ll make sure they keep)

 

The Alberta budget had a lot of big promises for taxpayers, but politicians had better keep their word or else. 

Bureaucrats don’t hit targets, but they still get bonuses

Franco and Ryan wouldn’t dare ask Old Man MacKay for a bonus if they missed their targets, but things are different for bureaucrats.

 

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The number of CBC staffers taking home a six-figure salary has doubled under Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau. The state broadcaster also handed out $16 million in bonuses last year, for an
average bonus of $14,000. And it’s all paid for with your tax dollars.
READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cbc-employees-paid-16-million-
bonuses-2022?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1678367749

Taxpayers Fight Trudeau’s Gun Ban Boondoggle

Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporters push to stop the government from expanding the
gun ban and buy back is paying off. Members of Parliaments on the committee trying to expand
the scheme had to withdraw their amendments after Canadians flooded their emails.
SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-gun-ban-and-buy-back

Failing Government CEO Gets Huge Raise

The head of Metrolinx, Ontario’s transit infrastructure agency, is now making $851,000 a year,
which is a 52 per cent pay bump over the last handful of years. The increase in pay comes
despite Metrolinx spending 75 per cent over budget with Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s
signature transit project, the Ontario line. Rewarding failure with pay raises has become the
rule with government agencies.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/ford-needs-to-end-the-metrolinx-
fiasco

Government bureaucrats are trying to bend the rules to keep you from knowing who stayed in the $6,000 per night hotel room during the Queen’s funeral. You paid the bill, you deserve transparency. That’s why the Canadian Taxpayers Federation launched a legal challenge to force the government to disclose who stayed in the hotel room.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/cbc-staff-earning-six-figures-
doubles-under-trudeau

Fight Against Online Censorship

Members of Parliament want to censor what you see online. But Senators and Canadians are fighting back against this push for censorship.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.thesuburban.com/opinion/op_ed/bill-c-11-canadas-
senators-should-say-no-to-censorship-and-government-control/article_02c03930-e3b8-5167-8f1f-cd0f95591670.html

Email MP and Government House Leader Mark Holland: mark.holland@parl.gc.ca

$20 in Tax for a Case of Beer

President and CEO of Moosehead Breweries Andrew Oland joins the show to break down how federal politicians are making your beer more expensive with an automatic escalator tax hike.

SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/reduce-liquor-taxes

Governor General’s $40K pandemic pay hike

 

The governor general’s salary in 2022 was $342,100. That means the governor general’s salary increased by almost $40,000 since the beginning of the pandemic. Why does the governor general need an extra $40,000 when they can expense taxpayers for as much beef wellington as they can stomach?

 

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/governor-general-40k-pay-raise-pandemic 

 

Government union bosses milking you

 

A federal government union is pushing for up to 47 per cent more in pay and benefits over

three years. That would cost taxpayers $9.3 billion. That’s an extra $27,500 per bureaucrat each

year on average. And they want you to pay for it. 

 

READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-taxpayers-cant-afford-federal-union-demands?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1676471130-1 

World Cup a rip off for taxpayers

 

Taxpayers will be on the hook for about half a million dollars for every minute of game time in the World Cup. That means every minute of game play could build a family a home. And the government’s economic claims aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. 

 

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/jay-goldberg-ford-is-skeptical-about-fifa-and-hes-right 

 

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/world-cup-cost-leave-taxpayers-scratching-our-heads 

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation just added more muscle to go after government waste with our new Investigative Journalist Ryan Thorpe. Ryan built his career by infiltrating a white supremist group and going after union bosses. In his first week with the CTF, Ryan broke stories about the governor general’s $40,000 pandemic pay hike and government bonuses. And he’s just getting started. 

CTF President & CEO Scott Hennig sits down with the Founder and President of Americans For Tax Reform, Grover Norquist.

Do you want politicians to stop wasting your money and raising your tax bill? The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s President and CEO Scott Hennig delivers the blueprint on how taxpayers can push for smaller and more accountable government in the year ahead.

Taxpayers pay about $1.2 billion per year for the CBC. That amount could instead pay the
salaries of more than 13,000 nurses. It could cover the grocery bills for 100,000 families. It’s
time to defund the CBC.

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/sims-the-cbc-is-a-
government-monster-gobbling-up-tax-dollars

Come on prime minister, you’ve had enough alcohol taxes

Taxes already account for about half of the price of beer, 65 per cent of the price of wine and
more than three quarters of the price of spirits. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rubbing
margarita salt in the wound by using high inflation to binge on higher alcohol taxes in 2023.

SIGN THE PETITITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/reduce-liquor-taxes

Which politicians were naughty or nice in 2022?

From spending $6,000 per night on a hotel room to racking up nearly six figures on fancy
airplane food and handing out bonuses to failing central bankers, plenty of politicians and
bureaucrats were on the Taxpayer Naughty list in 2022.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/taxpayer-naughty-nice-list-2022.pdf

 

Trudeau subsidizes 391 dead people

 

The Trudeau government spent at least $32 billion on suspicious or ineligible COVID-19 payments. The government handed out COVID-19 subsidies to hundreds of dead people, hundreds of people in jail and hundreds of Canadians under the age of 15.

 

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/-4.6-billion-tip-of-the-iceberg-on-covid-19-overpayments-auditor-general 

Trudeau hiking FIVE taxes in 2023

 

The CPP tax, EI tax, carbon tax and alcohol taxes are all going up. The feds are also imposing a second carbon tax through fuel regulations in 2023. Here’s a New Year’s resolution for the Trudeau government: stop wasting money, start cutting taxes.

 

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/five-federal-tax-hikes-in-2023-new-year’s-tax-changes-report 

Government contractor milks taxpayers

 

The Ontario government’s transit contractor is going $8 billion over budget on a subway project. That’s enough money to build eight hospitals. Unfortunately, huge cost overruns have become the rule rather than the exception with government contractors across Canada.

 

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/ford-needs-to-end-the-metrolinx-fiasco 

There’s a fundamental unfairness about the federal carbon tax: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is requiring taxpayers in other provinces to pay a higher carbon tax than in Quebec. Trudeau’s special deal for Quebec shows the carbon tax was always about politics, not the environment.

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-quebec-gets-deal-on-carbon-tax-while-rest-of-canada-pays?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670103043

 

Trudeau Balloons His Buyback Boondoggle

Trudeau is going after more law-abiding Canadians. He is trying to ban thousands of additional long guns. The original gun ban and buyback was already ineffective and expensive. This could cost taxpayers another $1 billion. And it won’t improve safety.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/expanded-liberal-gun-ban-could-cost-taxpayers-another-billion-dollars-says-criminologist

 

 

Wait, a Politician Wants Less Pay?

British Columbia MLA Todd Stone put forward a private member’s bill to freeze politician pay. It would’ve killed the $10,000-pay raises for politicians. Too bad the rest of his colleagues couldn’t keep their snouts out of the trough. The B.C. government refused to debate Stone’s bill.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/taxpayer-watchdog-urges-bc-mlas-to-vote-on-pay-raise-freeze/article_ae739166-6c12-11ed-87b5-67511c2a6670.html

The House of Commons committee stifled debate on the online censorship bill, C-11, but the Senate committee is diving in and our Ontario Director Jay Goldberg let them have it about the dangers of the legislation.

WATCH JAY’S TESTOMONY HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHwYFqfn4M&t=1s

READ THE E-BOOK HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Final%20C-11%20Report.pdf

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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is already set to spend $20 billion over her own budget. And we’re only about half way through the fiscal year. But here’s the most amazing part: Freeland called her budgeting “prudent.”

READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/chrystia-freeland-20-billion-over-budget

 

Cold winter, big carbon tax bill

Winter is coming and the carbon tax makes it more expensive to keep your home warm. We break down how much the carbon tax will cost Canadians this winter.

 READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-trudeau-carbon-taxes-leaving-canadians-out-in-the-cold

 

We found the bill for the governor general’s Middle East trip

Governor General Mary Simon and her entourage billed taxpayers $1.3 million on the week-long trip to the Middle East. Can Simon prove that spending $1.3 million on a week-long trip is a better use of tax dollars than hiring more nurses or helping struggling Canadian taxpayers? The CTF dug up the data, and the National Post ran the story on its front page.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/governor-general-trip-cost-taxpayers-1-3-million?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1667418831

 

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Federal Director Franco Terrazzano sits down with Alberta Director Kris Sims to discuss his testimony to the Finance Committee.

Bureaucrats are taking big pay raises and bonuses. And they’re demanding more. Much more

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/recession-for-who-not-government-employees

Lovable nerds replicate $50M ArriveCAN app

A few techies spent a weekend replicating the government’s ArriveCAN app. What they did for fun, the government spent $54 million to build. Is that a good deal for taxpayers?

READ MORE HERE: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-two-canadian-tech-companies-say-each-recreated-arrivecan-app-to-show/

Students stand up to government debt

Government debt will hit young people the hardest and young people across Canada are hitting back. The CTF’s student organization, Generation Screwed, is taking off.

READ MORE: generationscrewed.ca

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#115 Up? Really? What’s With the Carbon Tax?

The cost of living is skyrocketing, and the federal government is making things worse by hiking the carbon tax. We have the details.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/conservatives-attempt-to-cancel-carbon-tax-hikes-fails-in-house-of-commons

If CPP and EI Quack Like a Tax…

If something looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s a duck. Likewise, if something takes money from you like a tax, funds government redistribution like a tax, and even the government admits it’s a tax, then it’s a tax.

But the federal government is trying to hide that from you, while taking too much from your paycheque.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/yes,-payroll-taxes-are-taxes.-no,-trudeau-shouldn%E2%80%99t-be-raising-them

We’re No Safer, but the Gun Ban Bill’s Higher

Taxpayers been billed over $3 million in office costs alone for the bureaucrats running the federal gun ban and buyback scheme, without a single gun being purchased to date. We found the records that prove it.

READ MORE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/costs-for-gun-ban-and-buyback-continue-to-balloon,-despite-not-buying-a-single-gun

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 Tax Cuts Everywhere But Canada

Other countries are cutting taxes, but here in Canada, the federal government is raising the carbon tax, payroll taxes, and alcohol taxes, actively choosing to make life more expensive.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/canada-hikes-taxes-while-51-other-countries-provide-tax-relief-report

What Is Carpaccio Anyway?

While Canadians were trying to figure out how to stretch their food budget, Governor General Mary Simon and her entourage were enjoying beef wellington and fancy Italian snacks as they flew around Europe and the Middle East. We dug up the receipts.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/beef-wellington-230-flowers-more-details-on-how-the-governor-general-spent-99k-on-a-middle-east-trip

Pay for Your Own Pole, Councillor Jankov

Charlottetown taxpayers picked up the $4,600 tab to take out a utility pole that was blocking city councillor Alana Jankov’s driveway, even though she and her husband had moved their driveway to face the pole AND the city government had been told it was the homeowner’s responsibility to pay for the work. We dug up the records.

READ MORE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/charlottetown-taxpayers-paid-4,600-to-remove-utility-pole-outside-coun.-jankov%E2%80%99s-house?pending=1

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Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal Premier Andrew Furey is taking a swing at the federal carbon tax.

READ MORE HERE: https://twitter.com/fureyandrew/status/1565791208210841601

 

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/trudeau-government-not-serious-about-making-life-more-affordable

Will Taxes Make You Skinny?

 

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal Premier Andrew Furey is bringing in a new hidden tax on sugary beverages in his province.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/furey%E2%80%99s-pop-tax-is-nothing-more-than-a-tax-grab

Surprise Surprise: Home Equity Tax is Unpopular

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s own study found 95 per cent of social media comments are against a home equity tax, according to records dug up by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

READ MORE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/cmhc%E2%80%99s-own-study-finds-home-equity-tax-95-per-cent-unpopular

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Why is Ottawa in Farmers’ Way?

Canadian farmers and fertilizer producers are world leaders in sustainable farming practices, but that isn’t stopping the Trudeau government from raising carbon taxes and the possibility of restricting fertilizer use. Prairie Director Robin Speer has the view from the farm.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.sasktoday.ca/opinion/opinion-ottawa-should-stop-stoking-food-insecurity-5784598

UCP Candidates Pledge No PST

In a huge win for taxpayers, the majority of candidates in Alberta’s United Conservative Party leadership race have signed the CTF’s pledge rejecting a PST and have also promised not to raise taxes. On top of those wins, Alberta has also ended bracket creep.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/ucp-candidates-pledge-not-to-impose-a-pst-or-raise-taxes

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/scrapping-bracket-creep-and-paying-down-the-debt-huge-wins-for-taxpayers

Waste Watch: Federal Tourism Agency Gets Bonuses (Even With No Tourism)

When the tourism industry was locked down during the pandemic, most tourism agencies had to cut costs. But the lucky federal bureaucrats at Destination Canada, the federal tourism-promotion Crown corporation, didn’t face any hardships. They even got bonuses!

We dug up the records laying out the lockdown pay bumps.

READ MORE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/federal-tourism-agency-handed-out-bonuses-and-pay-raises-while-industry-locked-down

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Balanced Budget Coming in … 2041

We have some good news and some bad news. The good news: The feds plan to balance the budget before 2070. The bad news? They won’t be balancing the budget until after 2041! By then, interest charges will have cost taxpayers $802 billion.

The CTF has been telling the federal government how to avoid the crunch.

READ OUR FEDERAL BUDGET SUBMISSION HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Backgrounder-carbon-tax-rebate-cost.pdf

Liquor Taxes on a Bender

 

Imagine hearing two bartenders whispering about running up your bill. That would set off a few alarm bells. It turns out that is exactly what the federal government is doing as it overindulges in tax hikes for beer and liquor each year, without a vote in Parliament.  

READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/government-liquor-tax-hike-bender-needs-to-end

Waste Watch: Global Affairs Drops Over $40,000 On Fancy Furniture

While most Canadians spent the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic tightening their belts, Global Affairs Canada was outfitting overseas diplomatic offices with over $40,000 in custom furniture produced by an Ottawa-based designer.

READ MORE: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/global-affairs-canada-spends-41k-on-fancy-custom-furniture-for-overseas-diplomatic-offices

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 The Canadian Taxpayers Federation sat down with Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Jean Charest to talk about key taxpayer issues like what he would do to balance the budget, make life more affordable and find savings if he was elected prime minister.