#68 Carbon Taxes Don’t Work, Newfoundland Swimming in Debt, Kamloops Calls in Feds

Episode 71 May 18, 2021 00:27:48
#68 Carbon Taxes Don’t Work, Newfoundland Swimming in Debt, Kamloops Calls in Feds
Canadian Taxpayers Podcast
#68 Carbon Taxes Don’t Work, Newfoundland Swimming in Debt, Kamloops Calls in Feds

May 18 2021 | 00:27:48

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Show Notes

News at the Top – Carbon Taxes Don’t Work

Despite the province’s long history with a carbon tax, emissions in British Columbia are going up.

LINK: https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/05/bc-emissions-going-up-despite-highest-carbon-tax-in-canada/

SIGN the PETITIONS: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-federal-carbon-tax

https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-trudeau-s-second-carbon-tax

Deep Dive – Newfoundland Swimming in Debt

Newfoundland and Labrador is in dire financial straits, and a new report is laying out the province’s next steps to get off the fiscal cliff.  

LINK: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/auditor-general-reports-nl-2021-1.6009084

Waste Watch – Kamloops Calls in Feds

A bureaucratic spending scandal in Kamloops just got much bigger.

LINK: https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/investigation-into-tnrd-finances-taken-over-by-federal-police-unit-1.24315766

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/kamloops-spending-scandal-shows-need-for-municipal-auditor-general

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