#56 Huge Petition to Cut Off Julie Payette’s Expense Account, Home Heating Bills Hammered by Carbon Tax, and B.C. Bureaucrat Blows $500,000

Episode 60 March 09, 2021 00:26:57
#56 Huge Petition to Cut Off Julie Payette’s Expense Account, Home Heating Bills Hammered by Carbon Tax, and B.C. Bureaucrat Blows $500,000
Canadian Taxpayers Podcast
#56 Huge Petition to Cut Off Julie Payette’s Expense Account, Home Heating Bills Hammered by Carbon Tax, and B.C. Bureaucrat Blows $500,000

Mar 09 2021 | 00:26:57

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Show Notes

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

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