The Canadian Taxpayers Podcast sat down with Dr. Saqib Qureshi who just released a book entitled Broken Contract.
Dr. Qureshi argues that our current democracy doesn’t give enough power for the people and makes bold recommendations to strengthen accountability.
Dr. Qureshi’s book, Broken Contract, is available at this LINK.
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News at the Top – Montreal and Toronto Bet Billions on Parks Canada’s two biggest cities appear to be trying to outcompete each other by building ultra-expensive parks, at our expense. LINKS: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/parc-jean-drapeau-montreal-plan-parking-1.5987515 https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/tory-needs-to-end-his-3.8-billion-vanity-project-pipedream SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-toronto%E2%80%99s-3.8-billion-floating-downtown-park Deep Dive – Canadians Dinged on Gas Taxes For Gas Tax Honesty Day, we did the math: when you include the up to six taxes Canadians pay on gasoline, it comes out to about an eye-popping 47 cents per litre. LINK: http://www.taxpayer.com/media/CTF%20-%20GTHD%202021%20Report%20-V5%20-%20May%2018,%202021.pdf Waste Watch – Feds Subsidize Margaret Atwood Book Tour Right before COVID-19 kicked off in Canada, the folks at Global Affairs thought it would be a good idea to give a nearly $10,000 boost to Margaret Atwood’s Australian book tour. We asked them why. LINK: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/margaret-atwood%E2%80%99s-australian-tour-cost-taxpayers-almost-10,000 SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/abolish-the-mission-cultural-fund 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 – Trudeau Sets No-Budget Record Even though the federal budget has been announced for Apr. 19, the Trudeau government has officially gone more than two full years without producing one. Even back in World War II, there wasn’t a gap this long. Alberta Director Franco Terrazzano and British Columbia Director Kris Sims break down the bizarre problem. LINK: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds-to-table-2021-budget-on-april-19-freeland-1.5358953 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-trudeau-liberals-mock-parliament-with-budget-delay Deep Dive – Lockdowns Postpone Surgeries We all know the direct health implications from COVID-19. We know that government lockdowns have hurt workers and businesses. On top of those painful impacts, more than 350,000 surgeries and consultation across the country have been postponed during the pandemic, according to a new report released by the think tank SecondStreet.org. Our Alberta Director Franco Terrazzano and our Quebec Director Renaud Brossard are up to talk about the problem. Links: https://www.secondstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Policy-Brief-Closer-look-at-postponed-surgeries.pdf https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-look-beyond-u-s-for-examples-of-private-health-care Waste Watch – Canadians Billed to Study Abandoned Barn Taxpayers have been billed tens of thousands of dollars just to study a mouldy, poop-filled, collapsing barn, used for storage at the prime ministerial cottage property on Harrington Lake. Our investigative journalist James Wood has the exclusive story, and explains it to our B.C. Director Kris Sims. Link: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/over-40,000-spent-to-study-abandoned,-mouldy-harrington-lake-barn SIGN the PETITION to SELL HARRINGTON LAKE: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/sell-harrington-lake-luxury-cottage 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. ...
EPISODE ONE: Politician Pay Cuts, Power Grabs, and Gold in a Creek The Canadian Taxpayers Federation blows the whistle on Canadian politicians who got raises while other world leaders took pay cuts. We explain why the Trudeau government had to back down on its big power grab and then shine a light on another power grab nobody’s talking about. And we caught a government throwing gold in a river at taxpayers’ expense. TAKE ACTION: Want to help? Take action and help us fight for lower taxes, less waste and accountable governments. Sign our petition asking MPs to cut their salaries in the midst of this crisis: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/mps-need-to-cut-their-own-pay?id=18311 Canadians can’t afford higher taxes. Support the CTF’s court fight against the carbon tax: https://www.taxpayer.com/campaigns/No%20Carbon%20Taxes! Join the Canadian Taxpayers Federation at Taxpayer.com and share this podcast. News at the Top – Canadians lose their jobs; politicians get a raise Politicians are getting a $3,700 raise because of an old law they forgot to suspend. MPs shouldn’t be getting raises while Canadians are losing their jobs. And other world leaders are going further. Links: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberals-mum-as-tories-ndp-say-they-would-support-mp-pay-freeze/ MPs who have agreed to donate their raises so far: http://www.taxpayer.com/media/MPListApr8.png Deep Dive – Trudeau’s failed power-grab 6:20 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government attempted to get unlimited taxing, spending and borrowing powers until December 2021, with no scrutiny from parliament. Our system stopped it. But there’s another power grab that people might not know about. Link: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-was-the-liberals-attempted-power-grab-really-about-the-coronavirus Waste Watch – Step 1: Throw gold in a creek; Step 2: ???; Step 3: Profit! 16:15 In a foolish bid to promote tourism, Yukon’s tourism department gave $139,000 for a tourism association to throw gold in a ...
