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/
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
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
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News at the Top – Meghan and Harry’s Security Bills The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has the exclusive report on RCMP bills to protect the pair, in what may be just the tip of the iceberg. Link: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/rcmp-bill-for-meghan-and-harry-topped-50,000?id=18453#gsc.tab=0 Deep Dive – Charmaine Stick Takes a Stand The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has working with Onion Lake Cree Nation activist Charmaine Stick to force her band leadership to release financial information under the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. The fight is still ongoing, and she isn’t giving up. Link: Fighting for First Nations Accountability with Charmaine Stick Waste Watch – Quebec Government Pays Severance for Lobbyists A pair of anti-tobacco lobbyists will be getting severance packages from the Quebec government, despite the fact that lobbying that same government is their job. Even weirder, it appears they were trying to keep people from knowing about it. Link: https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/06/06/mysterieuses-indemnites-pour-un-lobby 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 – O’Toole Breaks Carbon Tax Promise Conservative Party of Canada Leader Erin O’Toole has announced his own federal carbon tax. This is the same Erin O’Toole that when running for leader of the CPC, signed the Canadian Taxpayers Federation pledge to scrap the Trudeau carbon tax and not impose a national carbon tax of his own. If he goes through with this carbon tax, he will be breaking a huge promise he made to millions of Canadians. LINKS: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/taxpayers-federation-slams-cpc-leader-erin-o%E2%80%99toole-for-announcing-his-own-carbon-tax https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-with-green-otoole-bucks-the-conservatives-have-embraced-taxes?fbclid=IwAR3HTcmbi1cpPSkAH7l11cYUFQprQoariBf2YkDuEAYNVh-ArZVJtvq3xf8 SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-trudeau-s-second-carbon-tax Deep Dive – Budget Spends Billions We knew there was going to be a huge deficit, we knew there was going to be a $1 trillion debt tab, but the budget was even worse than we thought, as the federal government plans to permanently increase spending for years to come. LINKS: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/federal-budget-spends-more-on-everything-with-no-plan-to-pay-for-it https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-federal-budget-spend-spend-more-then-spend-more-than that Waste Watch – Bills Pile Up After Cancelled Barbados Trip The federal government spent close to $140,000 for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to basically not go somewhere. LINK: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/federal-government-spent-close-to-140,000-on-prime-minister%E2%80%99s-cancelled-barbados-trip 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. ...
#99 Julie Payette Tops 2021 Taxpayer Naughty List Franco Terrazzano is spreading some Christmas cheer and also some coal with our 2021 Naughty and Nice list. Who’s at the top of the Naughty list? Former governor general Julie Payette, with Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole a runner-up for flip-flopping on carbon taxes. CHECK THE LIST HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/taxpayers-release-naughty-and-nice-list-en_ca SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/rein-in-governor-general-perks Taxes Going Up in 2022 Franco has also been doing some of that nerdy policy work and he’s put together this year’s New Year’s Tax Changes report. Long story short? Taxpayers should brace for a raft of tax hikes in 2022. SEE THE CHANGES HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/ctf-releases-new-year%E2%80%99s-tax-changes-for-2022 SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/take-home-sales-off-tax-forms Quebec Billionaire Wants Baseball Subsidy Renaud Brossard has an update from Montreal, where billionaire Stephen Bronfman is asking for a subsidy equivalent to 54,000 Quebecers income taxes in a bid to bring a part-time baseball team to the city. READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/baseball-bronfman-asking-for-the-equivalent-of-54,000-quebecers-total-income-tax-bills Check out the CANADIAN TAXPAYERS STORE! 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. ...
