Canadian Taxpayers Podcast

"How do we work together to improve life for First Nations people living on and off reserve in Canada? Rob Louie is working hard to make a big difference. Canadian Taxpayers Federation British Columbia Director Kris Sims speaks with Louie, the founder, CEO and President of the Band Members Alliance and Advocacy Association of Canada (BMAAAC – pronounced “bee mack”). NOTE: This conversation was recorded prior to the discovery of the remains of children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C." ...

Right now, a bunch of powerful politicians around the world are backing a global minimum business tax to get out of competing on lower taxes. This is a cartel, plain and simple. Check out the CANADIAN TAXPAYERS STORE!   And… Loto-Quebec handed out $2 million in overtime pay, even though casinos were closed.  FRENCH LINK ENGLISH LINK Like this show? Subscribe and give us 5-stars! This podcast is brought to you by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canada’s premier grassroots advocacy group pushing for lower taxes, less waste and accountable governments. Sign-up as a Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporter at no-charge TODAY: https://www.taxpayer.com/join. ...

Tom Korski is a senior reporter at the investigative journalism website Blacklock’s Reporter, which talks about stories the media is missing. Ottawa is trying to ram through Bill C-10 to regulate the internet, despite threats to free speech. The Canada Infrastructure Bank doesn’t build anything, but it pays its executives a lot (just don’t ask how much). And the Memorial to the Victims of Communism is way over budget, even though it’s not built. SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP BILL C-10 – CLICK HERE CHECK OUT BLACKLOCK’S REPORTER – CLICK HERE Like this show? Subscribe and give us 5-stars! This podcast is brought to you by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canada’s premier grassroots advocacy group pushing for lower taxes, less waste and accountable governments. Sign-up as a Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporter at no-charge TODAY: https://www.taxpayer.com/join. ...

News at the Top – Bureaucrats Get Pay Raises As government gets bigger in Canada, taxpayers are being billed for pay raises on top of more bureaucrats. CLICK HERE and HERE for more! Deep Dive – Ottawa Subsidizes Dead People Ottawa has a huge spending problem, and our national debt is over $1 trillion. Pandemic spending is only compounding the issue, and now it turns the federal government has given over $9 million worth of COVID-19 subsidies to dead people. CLICK HERE for more! Waste Watch – Doug Ford Bungles License Plates Before COVID-19 arrived in Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford tried to bring in new license plates for the province. It blew up in his face, and according to exclusive records we obtained, the new plates actually cost more to make than the old.  OUR EXCLUSIVE STORY HERE! Like this show? Subscribe and give us 5-stars! This podcast is brought to you by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canada’s premier grassroots advocacy group pushing for lower taxes, less waste and accountable governments. Sign-up as a Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporter at no-charge TODAY: https://www.taxpayer.com/join. ...

News at the Top – Government is Broke/Tax Freedom Day Governments across Canada are facing an impending debt crunch and families are facing steep tax bills. LINKS: https://winnipegsun.com/opinion/columnists/aldrich-tax-freedom-day-hardly-reason-to-celebrate https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-our-debt-problem-is-a-lot-worse-than-ottawa-is-letting-on  Deep Dive – Life After COVID We and our friends over at SecondStreet.org have some tips for the federal government as the COVID-19 threat diminishes. LINK: https://www.secondstreet.org/life-after-covid-e-book-announcement/ Waste Watch – Rideau Hall Delays Bring High Cost Taxpayers had to fork over close to $200,000 more for work at Rideau Hall because of delays, and Julie Payette’s office appears to have played a role in those delays. LINK: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/delays-increased-rideau-hall-project-costs-by-200,000 SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/cut-off-expenses-when-a-governor-general-leaves-office Like this show? Subscribe and give us 5-stars! This podcast is brought to you by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canada’s premier grassroots advocacy group pushing for lower taxes, less waste and accountable governments. Sign-up as a Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporter at no-charge TODAY: https://www.taxpayer.com/join. ...

News at the Top – Ottawa Mayor Subsidizes Porsche In one of the most baffling examples of corporate welfare we’ve ever seen, Ottawa’s city council is handing over nearly three million dollars to build a Porsche dealership. SEND JIM WATSON AN EMAIL: [email protected] LINK: https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/2-9-million-tax-break-for-ottawa-porsche-dealership-receives-the-green-light-1.5443787 Deep Dive – Mike Duffy Gets $4,000 a Week from Taxpayers   Because of the mandatory retirement age in the Senate of 75, Mike Duffy’s birthday will land him almost $4,000 every month for the rest of his life, all thanks to a taxpayer-funded pension. LINK: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/duffy%E2%80%99s-75th-birthday-kicks-off-47,000-per-year-senator-pension-party Waste Watch – Failed UN Security Seat Campaign Bills Soar The federal government spent more than $8.6 million on the failed drive for a seat on the UN Security Council, according to documents exclusively obtained by the CTF.   LINK: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/failed-un-security-seat-campaign-cost-over-8.6-million Like this show? Subscribe and give us 5-stars! This podcast is brought to you by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canada’s premier grassroots advocacy group pushing for lower taxes, less waste and accountable governments. Sign-up as a Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporter at no-charge TODAY: https://www.taxpayer.com/join. ...