Canadian Taxpayers Podcast

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-earnin...

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-...

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...

  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-...

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-pa...

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 Check out the CANADIAN TAX...

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 ex...

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?...

#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 qua...

  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 figu...

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...

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-insec...

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.tax...

  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.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation sat down with Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Scott Aitchison 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.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation sat down with Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Roman Baber 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.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation sat down with Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Pierre Poilievre 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.

You get inflation, central bankers get bonuses The Bank of Canada gave its employees $45 million in bonuses and pay raises in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic while inflation soared. The Bank of Canada is supposed to keep inflation around two per cent. If you’ve been to the grocery store in the past year you know they failed. So why did they give themselves bonuses? READ NEWS ARTICLES HERE: https...

The Trudeau government’s Bill C-11 is posing a threat to the free flow of online information in Canada. Ontario Director Jay Goldberg and Federal Director Franco Terrazzano spoke with Dr. Michael Geist, the University of Ottawa’s Canada Research Chair in internet law, about the risks of the bill. READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Final%... Check out the CANADIAN TAXPAYERS STORE!...

Magic Math on the Carbon Tax   The Trudeau government claims families will be better off with its carbon tax and rebate scheme, but that’s just plain magic math. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the average household will be paying hundreds of dollars this year, even after the rebate cheques arrive. READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Backgrounder-carbon-tax-rebate-c...

The Trudeau government pushed the federal budgets to historic highs and took on massive new debts, all in the name of fighting COVID-19. The CTF took a look around the world, and other countries have been far more restrained. One thing is clear: After two years of a worldwide pandemic, we know that more government spending does not guarantee better results. READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://financialp...