The Parliamentary Budget Officer is back, again, with worse news: Seven out of the ten provincial governments have unsustainable finances. The kicker? Those books are in the red, even without the temporary COVID-19 spending.
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Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy, talks about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed second carbon tax (the so-called Clean Fuel Standard). Canadians for Affordable Energy calculates the second carbon tax will cost families $440/year, per employed person. That is on top of the current carbon tax, which is 6.7 cents per litre of gas and it’s set to increase to 12 cents by 2022. Please sign the Canadian Taxpayers Federation PETITION to stop the second carbon tax: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-trudeau-s-second-carbon-tax Canadians for Affordable Energy study: http://www.affordableenergy.ca/an_in_depth_study_of_trudeau_s_second_carbon_tax ...
Tom Korski digs into the huge planning problems with Ottawa’s gun policy. He also does the math on government golf courses and pulls back the curtain on internet censorship. Korski is the senior reporter for the investigative journalism website Blacklock’s Reporter. Check it out at: blacklocks.ca. Check out the CANADIAN TAXPAYERS STORE! Scrap the Gun Ban and Buyback Petition: LINK 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 – Canadians Dislike Carbon Tax We don’t like the carbon tax and as it turns out, a new survey found 52 per cent of Canadians agree with us. LINK: https://www.secondstreet.org/2021/03/29/new-poll-supreme-court-said-carbon-tax-legal-but-canadians-still-dont-want-it/ SIGN the PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-trudeau-s-second-carbon-tax Deep Dive – Bracing for the Budget We talk about the upcoming federal budget that’s expected to have a deficit that’s more than $350 billion, with Canada’s national debt already passing the $1 trillion mark. Links: http://www.taxpayer.com/media/Road%20to%20recovery%20FINAL.pdf https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/heres-the-eyewatering-debt-canada-is-racking-up Waste Watch – Green Energy Boondoggles The federal government has admitted that most green energy projects don’t make much financial sense, and would wither on the vine without government subsidies. Link: https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-green-projects-make-no-sense-so-why-are-taxpayers-forced-to-subsidize-eco-fantasies 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. ...
