News at the Top – Stadium Deals are Bad Deals
The City of Calgary has decided to hit pause on a massive arena deal before sending the Calgary Flames another truckload of taxpayers’ cash. It needs to cancel it because stadium deals are bad deals for taxpayers.
LINKS: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/flames-calgary-arena-pause-budget-1.5987561
Deep Dive – Guaranteed Income Bill
Liberal and NDP policy conventions endorsed the idea of a guaranteed annual income, but the politicians pushing the idea tend to forget about the bill for taxpayers.
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/how-much-could-a-guaranteed-annual-income-cost
Waste Watch – CMHC Spent Over $900,000 on Name Change
CMHC spent $924,614 on a purely cosmetic rebranding project, and didn’t tell MPs the full story about the project when first asked at committee.
LINK: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/cmhc-spent-over-900,000-on-stalled-name-change
SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/no-home-equity-tax
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