News at the Top – Montreal and Toronto Bet Billions on Parks
Canada’s two biggest cities appear to be trying to outcompete each other by building ultra-expensive parks, at our expense.
LINKS: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/parc-jean-drapeau-montreal-plan-parking-1.5987515
https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/tory-needs-to-end-his-3.8-billion-vanity-project-pipedream
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Deep Dive – Canadians Dinged on Gas Taxes
For Gas Tax Honesty Day, we did the math: when you include the up to six taxes Canadians pay on gasoline, it comes out to about an eye-popping 47 cents per litre.
LINK: http://www.taxpayer.com/media/CTF%20-%20GTHD%202021%20Report%20-V5%20-%20May%2018,%202021.pdf
Waste Watch – Feds Subsidize Margaret Atwood Book Tour
Right before COVID-19 kicked off in Canada, the folks at Global Affairs thought it would be a good idea to give a nearly $10,000 boost to Margaret Atwood’s Australian book tour. We asked them why.
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