News at the Top – Nova Scotia’s Balanced Budget Plan
Nova Scotia taxpayers have something to celebrate: their government expects to actually get rid of its deficit within – get this – the next four years.
Our Quebec Director Renaud Brossard breaks down the good news for Alberta Director Franco Terrazzano.
Deep Dive – April Tax Hikes
April Fools' Day is often a fun day, but April 1 also tends to be a particularly bad news day for taxpayers.
Our B.C. Director Kris Sims and our Federal Director Aaron Wudrick have a rundown of the tax hits coming in 2021.
Links: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/the-joke-is-on-taxpayers-this-april-fools%E2%80%99-day
Waste Watch – Health Canada Pays for Tweets
Health Canada is using our hard-earned tax dollars to hire social media influencers, despite the fact that previous attempts to leverage social media influencers were total flops.
Our Prairie Director Todd MacKay and Interim Ontario Director Jay Goldberg have the full story.
Link: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tender-notice/PW-CX-027-79877
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/teddys-awards-yukon-government-1.5488880
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News at the Top – Fighting for Pipelines in Court We head to the Alberta Court of Appeal to fight Trudeau’s Bill C-69, better known as the No More Pipelines Law. Our Alberta Director Franco Terrazano and our Federal Director Aaron Wudrick talk about how much money Canadians are losing due to a lack of pipeline capacity. Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/wudrick-and-terrazzano-taxpayers-are-losing-billions-without-pipelines?utm_source=Action+Updates&utm_campaign=48a8c46bc4-MC_g_FightBillC69_020520&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_59605796e2-48a8c46bc4-35402461 Deep Dive – Government Childcare a Pricey Proposal With speculation flying about a national childcare program, B.C. Director Kris Sims and Quebec Director Renaud Brossard talk about the potential price tag for a national government childcare program. Link: https://ipolitics.ca/2020/10/08/quebecs-auditor-general-flags-daycare-shortage-lack-of-access-to-family-doctors/ Waste Watch – Ontario’s French University Flops The Ontario and federal governments recently launched Université de l'Ontario français – Ontario’s new French university. With only a handful of applicants, the project could cost taxpayers at least $400,000 per student. Renaud stays on to break down the expensive failure with our Ontario Director, Jasmine Moulton. Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-french-university-applications-1.5884181 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 – Fighting Against Equalization We just launched the Fight Equalization campaign. Everyone across Canada, should mark their calendars for Oct. 18, 2021, as Albertans vote on the future of equalization. Our Alberta Director Franco Terrazano and our Quebec Director Renaud Brossard discuss our campaign, and what happens next. Link: https://fightequalization.ca/ Deep Dive – Explaining the Great Reset There’s been a lot of chatter about what the “Great Reset” is, so we brought in our Ontario Director Jasmine Moulton and our Federal Director Aaron Wudrick to break it all down. Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/furey-trudeaus-economic-statement-is-all-about-the-great-reset https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-great-reset-is-mostly-just-liberals-blowing-off-steam-mostly/ https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/ Waste Watch – Governor Generals Billing Us Beyond the Grave Our very own investigative journalist, James Wood, is back this week with an exclusive about the taxpayer-funded expense account for governor generals. As it turns out, the bills run into the afterlife! Link: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/former-governor-generals-allowed-to-bill-canadians-beyond-the-grave?id=18875 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 – Bureaucrats Get Pay Raises As government gets bigger in Canada, taxpayers are being billed for pay raises on top of more bureaucrats. CLICK HERE and HERE for more! Deep Dive – Ottawa Subsidizes Dead People Ottawa has a huge spending problem, and our national debt is over $1 trillion. Pandemic spending is only compounding the issue, and now it turns the federal government has given over $9 million worth of COVID-19 subsidies to dead people. CLICK HERE for more! Waste Watch – Doug Ford Bungles License Plates Before COVID-19 arrived in Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford tried to bring in new license plates for the province. It blew up in his face, and according to exclusive records we obtained, the new plates actually cost more to make than the old. OUR EXCLUSIVE STORY HERE! 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. ...
