#49 INTERVIEW – Ted Morton on Equalization

News at the Top – We Told Trudeau Told to Cut Off Julie Payette’s Expense Account Last week, Federal Director Aaron Wudrick paid a visit to the Prime Minister’s Office and dropped off 200,000 petition signatures demanding the scrapping of the outrageous expense policy for former governors general. Aaron tells our Quebec Director Renaud Brossard about the delivery. Links: https://fb.watch/47f6DRfceV/ https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/200,000-canadians-sign-petition-to-end-expenses-for-former-governors-general Deep Dive – Home Heating Bills Hammered by Carbon Tax Our B.C. Director Kris Sims recently asked Canadians to send her their home heating bills to see how much the carbon tax is costing average people. The response was overwhelming. She sat down with our Ontario Director Jasmine Moulton to talk about what she found. Links: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/carbon-tax-punishes-canadians-for-staying-warm SIGN the PETITIONS: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-federal-carbon-tax https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-trudeau-s-second-carbon-tax Waste Watch – B.C. Bureaucrat Blows $500,000 A bureaucrat in the Kamloops area blew more than half a million dollars on hotels, fancy food, booze and jewellery, and no politicians cared until he got caught. Kris stays to talk about the scandalous spending with Renaud, and the need for more accountability tools at the municipal level. Link: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/spending-scandal-shows-need-for-municipal-auditor-general SIGN the PETITIONS: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/give-b.c.-cities-a-municipal-auditor-general https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/city-hall-recall 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 – MPs Raise Their Own Pay Federal politicians have a pretty bad April fools joke up their sleeves. Every MP is scheduled to get an extra $3,000 going straight from taxpayers’ pockets as of Apr. 1, 2021. Our Quebec Director Renaud Brossard breaks down the ridiculous raise with our Alberta Director Franco Terrazzano. SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/mps-need-to-cut-their-own-pay Deep Dive – Toronto Park Boondoggle Toronto Mayor John Tory wants everyone in Canada to pay for a $3.8-billion vanity park over rail lines in the city’s downtown. Don’t live in Toronto? Doesn’t matter.  Taxpayers from coast to coast will be stuck paying for the literal pie-in-the-sky project, if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau approves the mayor’s plan.  Our Ontario Director Jasmine Moulton lays out the situation for Renaud. Links: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/CTF_Rail_Deck_Park_Costs_Study.pdf https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/city-hall-admits-rail-deck-park-is-99.9-per-cent-unfunded SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-toronto%E2%80%99s-3.8-billion-floating-downtown-park Waste Watch – Doug Ford Breaks Per Vote Promise   Ontario Premier Doug Ford not only broke his promise to end the province’s per-vote subsidy, he’s now extending and increasing it. Jasmine stays on to talk about the broken promise with our B.C. Director Kris Sims, whose own province has a painful history with per-vote subsidies. Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-ford-and-pcs-to-take-millions-in-political-welfare-from-taxpayers SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/political-parties-must-repay-wage-subsidies 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 – Huge Win for Alberta Taxpayers The Alberta government is introducing recall and citizens’ initiative, which has been a major goal of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and our supporters for years. Our Alberta Director Franco Terrazzano breaks it down for B.C. Director Kris Sims. LINKS: https://globalnews.ca/news/7698083/alberta-recall-legislation-bill-52/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/proposed-law-could-see-alberta-voters-petition-governments-for-changes-1.5952191 Deep Dive – Carbon Tax Fight Continues The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the federal government can impose a carbon tax across the country. But the CTF is definitely not giving up the fight. We’ve always said we’d use every tool at our disposal to fight the federal carbon tax and joining in constitutional challenges was just one tool. Links: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/estimated-impacts-of-a-170-carbon-tax-in-canada https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/taxpayers-federation-reacts-to-supreme-court-ruling-on-federal-carbon-tax Waste Watch – Home Equity Tax? In the summer, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said they were not funding a study of a home equity tax. We have exclusive documents that show they weren’t telling the whole story. Link: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/cmhc-spent-250,000-on-home-tax-study,-despite-denials SIGN the PETITION to STOP A HOME EQUITY TAX: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/no-home-equity-tax 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. ...