#30 Liberals Flip Table Over WE Charity Scandal, Federal Greens Raise Destructive Death Taxes, and Quebec Government Bills Taxpayers to Lobby Itself

Episode 34 October 21, 2020 00:24:51
#30 Liberals Flip Table Over WE Charity Scandal, Federal Greens Raise Destructive Death Taxes, and Quebec Government Bills Taxpayers to Lobby Itself
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#30 Liberals Flip Table Over WE Charity Scandal, Federal Greens Raise Destructive Death Taxes, and Quebec Government Bills Taxpayers to Lobby Itself

Oct 21 2020 | 00:24:51

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Show Notes

News at the Top – Liberals Flip Table Over We Charity Scandal

Liberal MPs are shutting down committee meetings and filibustering to keep hundreds pages of blacked-out documents about the WE Charity scandal secret. Federal Director Aaron Wudrick breaks down some of the chaos.

Link: https://globalnews.ca/news/7402932/liberals-we-charity-scandal-2/

Deep Dive – Federal Greens Raise Destructive Death Taxes 6:51

The Green Party recently raised their proposal for a death tax in Parliament. Fun fact: It’s an idea so terrible that even Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau eliminated it when he was in office. Other countries are ditching it too.

Links: https://ottawasun.com/news/national/inheritance-tax-can-address-income-inequality-says-liberal-mp

https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/news-newspaper/facing-deficit-grits-may-target-wealthy/

Waste Watch – Quebec Bills Taxpayers to Lobby Itself 18:56

The Quebec government gave $30,000 to a lobby group to produce a study to lobby the government. It’s bad enough when governments raise taxes. It’s even worse when the government makes taxpayers pay for lobbyists to tell the government to raise taxes. Our Quebec Director Renaud Brossard has the full story.

Link: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/ministry-of-transportation-pays-30,000-to-lobby-ministry-of-transportation-for-new-and-higher-taxes?id=18659

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