#48 Payette Getting Paid for Life, Trudeau’s Second Carbon Tax, and Costa Rica Vacation Costs Revealed

Episode 52 January 27, 2021 00:27:06
#48 Payette Getting Paid for Life, Trudeau’s Second Carbon Tax, and Costa Rica Vacation Costs Revealed
Canadian Taxpayers Podcast
#48 Payette Getting Paid for Life, Trudeau’s Second Carbon Tax, and Costa Rica Vacation Costs Revealed

Jan 27 2021 | 00:27:06

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Show Notes

News at the Top – Payette Getting Paid for Life

Former Governor General Julie Payette is still eligible for a $200,000-expense account and that needs to end.

Our B.C. Director Kris Sims breaks down the whole mess with Federal Director Aaron Wudrick.

Link: https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/egan-royal-rip-off-departing-gg-worked-40-months-gets-150k-pension-for-life

Deep Dive – Trudeau’s Second Carbon Tax

Everyone has heard about the prime minister’s carbon tax, which will be going up by about 467 per cent by 2030.

He also buried a second carbon tax within so-called clean fuel regulations?

Our Alberta Director Franco Terrazzano joins Kris to go through all the regulations.  

Link: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds-criticized-for-clean-fuel-rules-that-hit-poorest-households-hardest-1.5241982

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

Waste Watch – Costa Rica Vacation Costs Revealed

Back in 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took his family to Costa Rica. Our investigative reporter James Wood dug up the price tag for that vacation travel, and it wasn’t cheap.

Link: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/trudeau%E2%80%99s-2019-tropical-family-vacation-cost-taxpayers-nearly-200,000?id=18877

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