News at the Top – Deficit Skyrocketing Once Again
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is spending about $1.8 billion every single day. Ontario Director Jasmine Moulton and Quebec Director Renaud Brossard talk about what that does to our national debt.
Deep Dive – Feds Lied About Carbon Tax Rise
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s illegal carbon tax is currently $30 per tonne and he just announced it’s going all the way up to $170 per tonne. Our Federal Director Aaron Wudrick and Alberta Director Franco Terrazano talk about how this will impact Canadian wallets.
Link: https://globalnews.ca/news/7515981/canada-climate-change-plan-justin-trudeau/
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Waste Watch – Infrastructure Bank CEO Exit Cost Hundreds of Thousands
The Canadian Infrastructure Bank billed Canadians hundreds of thousands as their former CEO left in April, on top of paying out millions in termination costs in the last budget year. Our investigative reporter James Wood talks to Aaron about the exclusive story.
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#3 Runaway Cottage Renos, Lifting the Lockdown, and Thousands Spent on Flying Chefs The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s compares the reno bill at the prime minister’s cottage to swanky celebrity hangouts. We take a look at plans to lift the lockdown. And we blast the federal foreign service for wasting taxpayers’ money to fly chefs around the world. News at the Top – Harrington Lake renovations cost more than Muskoka mansions The National Capital Commission is spending millions to renovate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government-owned cottage known as Harrington Lake. How does that reno bill compare to luxury getaways owned by the rich and famous? Todd MacKay and Kris Sims Links: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harrington-lake-renovations-ncc-1.5535502 https://torontolife.com/real-estate/cottages/cottage-week-3-8-million-renovated-retreat-lake-joseph/ https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/off-island-gazette/st-lazare-couple-buys-halle-berry-laurentian-getaway/ Deep Dive – COVID-19 Lockdowns Starting To Loosen Across Canada 5:15 While efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic are still ongoing, some premiers are starting to release their plans to re-open the economy, with movement coming as soon as early May. Todd MacKay and Jasmine Pickel Links: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/reopening-canada-provinces-ontario-quebec-saskatchewan-alberta Waste Watch – Foreign Service Spending Millions on Diplomacy Slush Fund 21:40 Global Affairs has been wasting taxpayers’ money to pay for Canadian chefs to fly around the . It was so bad it won the federal Teddy award this year. Todd MacKay and Kris Sims Links: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/canadian-taxpayers-federation-presents-22nd-annual-teddy-awards-for-government-waste 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. ...
We Speak to Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Leslyn Lewis Canadian Taxpayers sat down with Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis to talk about issues important to taxpayers. ...
Millions of Canadians are struggling with job losses and pay cuts, but what about government employees? We interview SecondStreet.org’s Colin Craig about his latest report: The Last Government Pay Cut. SecondStreet.org asked governments to show when the last time they cut bureaucrats’ salaries. The answers are oddly surprising and predictable at the same time. The report is available here: https://www.secondstreet.org/2020/08/26/the-last-government-pay-cut/ 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. ...
