#4 VICTORY – 18% Mask Tariffs Dropped, Two Thirds of Canadians Want MPs to Cut Their Pay, Trudeau’s Gun Ban and Buyback, Corrupt Mayor Makes Off Like Bandit, and Former MP Michelle Simson Interview about MP Pay and Transparency

Episode 4 May 11, 2020 00:55:31
#4 VICTORY – 18% Mask Tariffs Dropped, Two Thirds of Canadians Want MPs to Cut Their Pay, Trudeau’s Gun Ban and Buyback, Corrupt Mayor Makes Off Like Bandit, and Former MP Michelle Simson Interview about MP Pay and Transparency
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#4 VICTORY – 18% Mask Tariffs Dropped, Two Thirds of Canadians Want MPs to Cut Their Pay, Trudeau’s Gun Ban and Buyback, Corrupt Mayor Makes Off Like Bandit, and Former MP Michelle Simson Interview about MP Pay and Transparency

May 11 2020 | 00:55:31

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Show Notes

#4 VICTORY – 18% Mask Tariffs Dropped, Two Thirds of Canadians Want MPs to Cut Their Pay, Trudeau’s Gun Ban and Buyback, Corrupt Mayor Makes Off Like Bandit, and Former MP Michelle Simson Interview about MP Pay and Transparency

News at the Top – VICTORY – 18% Mask Tariffs Dropped And MPs Need to Cut Their Pay

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation scores a big victory by pushing the federal government to drop the 18 per cent import tariff on medical masks and other personal protective equipment to fight COVID-19. We also talk about a national survey showing two thirds of Canadians want MPs to take pay cuts.

Todd MacKay and Kris Sims

Link: 18% Mask Tariff Dropped

Link: Two Thirds of Canadians Want MP Salaries Cut

Deep Dive – Trudeau Gun Ban and Buyback 4:38

The Trudeau government moves to ban and buy back thousands of guns. It will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions, but will it make Canada safer?

Todd MacKay and Aaron Wudrick

Petition: Scrap the Gun Ban and Buyback

Waste Watch – Former Montreal Mayor Makes Off Like a Bandit 18:45

Former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum got kicked out of office after being convicted on fraud charges, but he’s taking a lot of taxpayers’ money with him.

Kris Sims and Renaud Brossard

Link: Teddy Waste Award Ceremony

Petition: No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians

Interview – Former MP Talks Pay Cuts Salary Cuts 23:15

Former Liberal MP Michelle Simson told her colleagues to take pay cuts. She also told them to post their expenses. She takes us into the political back rooms to tell us what happened.

Petition: MPs Need To Cut Their Own Pay

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