The governor general’s salary is now just shy of $400,000. 

Plus, you’re paying for a bunch of other extravagant perks for the governor general. 

A governor general can bill you for up to $130,000 for their clothes. 

A former governor general can also bill taxpayers like you up to $200,000 every year for the rest of their lives and up to six months after their death. 

A former governor general gets a $150,000 annual taxpayer-funded pension. 

Sign the PETITION: Rein in the governor general’s pay and perks: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/rein-in-governor-general-perks 

The government aimed to confiscate 200 firearms during the project. It spent more than $150,00 and only collected 25 from 16 different people.

That’s a clear failure.

Ottawa needs to scrap this scheme.

Sign the petition to scrap the gun confiscation here: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-gun-ban-and-buy-back

“Scrap the gun ban and confiscation.”

Carney’s gun grab is a huge taxpayer boondoggle and it won’t make Canada safer. 

The government is going after law-abiding Canadians instead of going after criminals and illegal guns.

Sign the PETITION: Scrap the gun ban: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-gun-ban-and-buy-back 

But how much tax do you actually pay? What’s happening to your tax bill in 2026? And how does Canada’s tax system compare with other countries?

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation breaks all that down and more!

What would that mean for your online experience? Could non-CanCon content get buried, or could streaming giants leave Canada rather than comply?

Host Kris Sims speaks with longtime journalist and former CRTC vice-chair Peter Menzies to break down what’s really happening.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hidden carbon tax on business is the worst of all worlds: Higher prices and fewer Canadian jobs.

“It means more than a six times increase in the industrial price on carbon,” Carney said after signing the memorandum of understanding with the Alberta government. 

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation will keep fighting to scrap ALL carbon taxes!

Sign the PETITION: Stop the hidden carbon tax on Canadian businesses: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-the-hidden-carbon-tax-on-businesses 

You wont guess which politician wasted $190,000 on three soccer balls made of wood. 

Plus, you already know that Ottawa is racking up huge charges on the taxpayer credit card. Some provincial governments are following that bad example. 

Economist Dr. Jack Mintz explains how these carbon measures could raise production costs, hit taxpayers, and affect jobs and investment in Alberta.

Kris also covers a major First Nations transparency victory. Frog Lake First Nation member Hans McCarthy, supported by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, won a court case forcing Ottawa to release long-hidden financial records from a $100-million trust. CTF’s Devin Drover and Gage Haubrich explain why this ruling matters for Indigenous communities across Canada seeking real accountability.

In today’s episode, we break down the Interim PBO’s review of the budget and explore what it all means. Spoiler: government spending is accelerating fast.

Sign the petition: Stop Racking Up Debt https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-racking-up-debt

Cape Breton sent a huge message to Ottawa: We won’t be guinea pigs for the government’s gun confiscation test trial!

Carney’s gun ban and confiscation is a huge taxpayer boondoggle and it won’t make Canada safer.

Sign the PETITION: Scrap the gun ban and confiscation:
https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-gun-ban-and-buy-back 

Clayton Campbell, the President of the Toronto Police Association, joins the show to explain why the gun confiscation scheme won’t improve public safety.

Plus, we have CTF’s Kris Sims on the show to breakdown the major taxpayer news you don’t want to miss!

Retaliatory tariffs are taxes on Canadian consumers and business that will make your life more expensive.

The Carney government’s retaliatory tariffs could cost Canadian families hundreds of dollars this year in new taxes.

We had the Montreal Economic Institute’s Vice President of Communications Renaud Brossard on the Taxpayer Podcast to make the case for free trade.

Sign the PETITION: No carbon tariffs: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/no-carbon-tariffs

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The average Canadian family is paying 42 per cent of its budget in taxes to all levels of government. That means Canadian families are spending more on taxes than what they’re spending on food, housing and clothing COMBINED.

Plus, we break down what might be the craziest boondoggle yet: The federal ban on the sale of new gas and diesel vehicles by 2035. You have every reason to worry your tax and power bills will increase to pay for all the subsidies, charging stations, power plants and transmission lines required for the government’s ban.

All that and more in this episode of the Taxpayer Podcast.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hidden carbon tax on businesses is the worst of all worlds: higher prices for you and fewer jobs for Canadians.

Plus, bureaucrats in B.C. have been taking hundreds of luxury helicopter rides on taxpayers’ dime.

All that and more in this episode of the Taxpayer Podcast.

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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation breaks down the Carney government’s spending review and makes the case for serious spending cuts.

Plus, mayors in British Columbia are taking extra taxpayer cash just to attend meetings.

All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

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Tune in to the Western Roundup from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation!

How much money do we actually have in The West? 

Why is a Vancouver-area mayor being paid more than the President of the United States?!

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But it’s not all good news. All levels of government are shelling out bundles of taxpayer cash to host some games during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Vancouver and Toronto.

We break down the ridiculous plans and highlight polling numbers that show Canadians in those provinces don’t want to waste money on these games.

Plus, we dive into why so many young Canadians are fed up with how much they pay in taxes.

All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

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Debt interest charges are costing taxpayers more than $1 billion every week.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation did a deep dive through the government’s main spending plan to detail exactly how Ottawa is spending your money.

All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

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But there is good news. Most Canadians want the government to go after illegal gun smugglers, not law-abiding Canadian firearms owners.

Plus, we break how much the federal bureaucracy is costing you.

All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

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Who’s telling taxpayers the truth? Are the Liberals really abandoning their signature carbon tax?

Plus, how did the B.C. Government manage to blow $118,000 on a party for bureaucrats, featuring $57 sandwiches and $21 cocktails?

UPDATE: This episode was filmed on March 19, before the B.C. government announced that the provincial carbon tax would also be scrapped on April 1.

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Canadians have a right to know how their tax dollars are being spent, but the CBC wants to keep taxpayers in the dark. That’s why we are going to court to compel the CBC to be transparent and release financial information that taxpayers have the right to see.

Plus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau billed taxpayers $81,000 for his household groceries in one year!

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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We break down how Carney’s hidden carbon tax impacts you.

Plus, the government is musing about nearly doubling the tax dollars it gives the CBC.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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Here’s the thing: a carbon tax on business is a carbon tax on consumers.

Carbon taxes on refineries make gas more expensive. Carbon taxes on utilities make home heating more expensive. And Carbon taxes on fertilizer plants increase costs for farmers and make groceries more expensive.

Plus, we break down how the federal government should response to potential tariffs from the United States.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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This is a huge win for taxpayers who stood up and fought back against a tax grab that would illegally take billions of dollars from Canadians.

Now the fight will continue until the capital gains tax hike is permanently scrapped.

We break it all down in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he'll reverse it.

We break it all down in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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When will the government scrap the carbon tax? Will the Liberals beat Poilievre to the punch? 

Plus, who are the big names running to replace Trudeau and where do they stand on axing the tax? 

This episode was recorded on the afternoon of January 10, 2025 - before Christy Clark announced she was no longer pursuing the Liberal Party leadership. 

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That means Trudeau and his entourage spent more money on food in four days than the average family spends on groceries in four years. And they sent you the bill.

Plus, we got our hands on Global Affairs Canada’s entire real estate portfolio. You won’t believe how these bureaucrats are spending your money in other countries.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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The carbon tax is making life too expensive, and punishing Canadians for the basics of life like heating their homes and driving to work.

CTF Atlantic Director and General Counsel Devin Drover was in a parliamentary committee pushing politicians to scrap the federal carbon tax and make life affordable for Canadians.

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The topic: The CBC!

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation told the committee full of politicians that it was time to DEFUND the CBC for three key reasons:

The CBC costs Canadians too much money.
Nearly nobody is watching it.
Journalists should not be paid by the government.

Most of the MPs were NOT happy to see us.

Find out more with the CTF’s Federal Director Franco Terrazzano as he speaks with Alberta Director Kris Sims about what it was like to walk into the lions den.

To join the Taxpayer Army – go to the website and sign the petitions that speak to you.

LINK to Taxpayer Website: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/
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Trudeau’s carbon tax bureaucracy will cost taxpayers about $800 million by 2030. That’s just the cost of paying for all those bureaucrats to hammer you with the carbon tax.

In total, the cost of federal bureaucracy has increased by 73 per cent since 2016.

Plus, we break down what the temporary GST holiday means for taxpayers.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency, with a mandate to “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure federal agencies.”

In this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast, we break down how Ottawa should dismantle the bloated bureaucracy and cut wasteful spending to make government more efficient in Canada.

#DOGE #Departmentofgovernmentefficiency

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Delaying the election by one week would give up to 80 additional MPs a taxpayer-funded pension. Those pensions would cost taxpayers up to $120 million.

CTF Federal Director Franco Terrazzano was in a parliamentary committee pushing politicians to oppose delaying the next election to give millions in pensions to extra politicians.

Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

Plus, the Alberta government launched a new court fight against the Trudeau government’s carbon tax.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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CBC’s CEO refuses to tell you if she will take a bonus or severance pay out when she leaves the state broadcaster in the new year. She thinks taking a taxpayer-funded bonus or severance is a “personal matter.”

But you pay their bills. You deserve to how much their bonuses cost you.

Plus, the number of federal government executives has increased by 42 per cent under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.

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Plus, the feds are already $6 billion over budget with the deficit. In fact, the government will spend more money on debt interest charges than it sends to the provinces in health care transfers.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.

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What are politicians promising voters in British Columbia, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan?

Is the carbon tax looming large?

Are people sick of high taxes?

Can we afford these promises?

Find out with CTF host Kris Sims as she gets the latest from the ground from BC Director Carson Binda, Atlantic Director Devin Drover and Prairie Director Gage Haubrich To join the Taxpayer Army – go to the website and sign the petitions that speak to you.

Taxpayer Website: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/

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We’re getting into this court fight to stop provinces from wasting even more taxpayers’ money through equalization.

Plus, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs promises to launch a renewed court challenge against the Trudeau government’s carbon tax.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.

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Plus, the Trudeau government blew more than $2.7 million on high-profile film and music festivals around the world, where they made taxpayer cash rain throwing expensive parties.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.

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After pressure from Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporters, federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh signals his party may oppose the carbon tax. And British Columbia’s NDP government says it will scrap the provincial carbon tax if a future federal government removes the national requirement for one.

We break down what this means for taxpayers like you, how much the carbon tax costs and why the tax is NOT and environmental solution.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.

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The report claims current approaches to outer space are “heavily Western, state-centric, militarized, masculinized, and colonial,” and encourage practices that are “racist, exploitative, elitist, and environmentally destructive.”

Plus, the feds are wasting $7 million of your money on a new ad campaign trying to convince Canadians the carbon tax is good. 

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.

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All told, Parks Canada spent 15,000 hunting 101 frogs. 

And don’t forget: Parks Canada also spent $800,000 getting foreign hunters to kill 84 deer out of a helicopter – that’s $10,000 a deer!

You can mock Parks Canada for its frog hunt failure by picking up a brand-new t-shirt at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s online shop: https://shop.taxpayer.com/collections/t-shirts

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The CBC’s ratings are plummeting, it costs Canadians more than $1.4 Billion this year, and it’s STILL handing out big bonuses.

The CBC has handed out $132 million in bonuses since 2015, and THIS YEAR, it’s awarding $18.4 million in bonuses this year.

Also: What would Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre do about CBC bonuses if he were prime minister? Franco has his answer!

Latest on the bonuses at the CBC: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/feds-must-end-cbc-bonuses-now

The bajillion numbers of stats on CBC’s ratings, viewership and spending on Indigenous programming: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/defund-the-cbc

Sign the petition to defund the CBC and to stop government payments to media: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/defund-the-cbc-and-end-media-bailout

Buy a DEFUND THE CBC T-shirt: https://shop.taxpayer.com/collections/t-shirts/products/defund-the-cbc-t-shirt

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Hosts: Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Franco Terrazzano, Ryan Thorpe and Kris Sims.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently attended “a private town hall about generational fairness,” hosted by a group advocating for home taxes. The feds also spent $450,000 funding and promoting a report that recommends a home equity tax.

We break down why you’re right to be concerned that a home equity tax could right around the corner.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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Plus, we break down the provincial fuel taxes you pay while driving on your summer road trips. 

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation dug up all the meal receipts through an access to information request.

Here are some of the airplane meals they enjoyed:

Braised lamb shanks with steamed broccoli and boiled baby potatoes.

Beef brisket and parsley mashed potatoes with truffle oil.

Pan fried beef tenderloin with port wine reduction sauce.

Strawberry shortcake and baked cheesecake with pistachio brittle.

All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

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The Liberals, NDP and Bloc just voted to hike capital gains taxes. Plus, the feds are bringing in a new Streaming Tax. 

We break down what all these tax hikes mean for you in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

Sign the PETITON – NO capital gains tax hike: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/no-capital-gains-tax-hike

Plus, the feds are giving multinational corporations tens of billions to build battery plants and there’s a new taxpayer scandal in Ottawa.  All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

The CBC refuses to release how much in bonuses it paid out to President Catherine Tait and its senior executives. The CTF filed a legal challenge with the Information Commissioner to force the CBC to release those records come clean with you. 

Plus, the feds dished out $406 million in bonuses last year. All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford teamed up to give $5 billion to Honda. The government says it will create 1,000 jobs. That’s a cost to taxpayers of $5 million per job.

And that’s on top of the tens of billions of dollars governments have already announced for other multinational corporations like Volkswagen, Stellantis and Northvolt.

That’s literally what’s happening. Interest charges on Canada’s debt will be $54 billion this year. GST revenues will be $54 billion.

On top of soaring interest charges, the federal budget includes massive deficits, a tax hike, the doubling of the national debt, and no plan to balance the budget.

We break down what you need to know about the federal government’s 2024 Budget. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

Quebec’s carbon tax currently costs $57 per tonne. Trudeau is making you and every other Canadian pay a carbon tax that costs $80 per tonne. And that carbon tax gap is expected to grow…

Plus, we break down just how much federal debt interest charges are costing taxpayers. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

Seven of 10 Canadians and provincial premiers oppose Trudeau’s April 1 carbon tax hike. But Liberal, NDP, Green and Bloc Québécois MPs decided to stand with the prime minister and voted to make you pay higher carbon taxes. 

And we break down Trudeau’s April 1 alcohol tax hike. 

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

And the CBC dished out another $15 million in taxpayer-funded bonuses in 2023. 

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

And you can get your shirt at taxpayer.com.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

And here’s how you can take action against Trudeau’s online censorship. Visit the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s website and help push back: https://theccf.ca/fix-c-63/

Trudeau also dropped $11,651 of your tax dollars to party with the media at one of his mansions.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

And we break down Trudeau’s carbon tax rebrand. Trudeau thinks he can make you support his favourite tax by changing the name of his carbon tax rebates. But that’s just lipstick on a pig. The government needs to stop the gimmicks and scrap the carbon tax.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

Most people spend zero dollars not staying in a luxury hotel room. Well, the feds spent
$600,000 NOT staying in luxury hotel rooms.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks he’s figured out a way to stop his polls from plummeting:
re-brand his carbon tax rebate scheme! But there’s not enough lipstick on the planet to cover
up the big pig that is his carbon tax.

All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Gas-Tax-Honesty-Report-2023.pdf

Taxpayer funded media and government censorship

“How are these people supposed to hold the government accountable when the government is
signing their paycheque?” Ryan Thorpe, CTF’s Investigative Journalist, said. “Journalists should
not only avoid real conflicts of interest, they should also avoid even the perception of one.”
Taxpayers are forced to pay more than $1 billion every year to fund the CBC. The feds also
bailed out the corporate press to the tune of $595 million. More bad news: the feds are pushing
through laws that could limit your ability to hold the government accountable online.

SIGN THE PETITION HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/defund-the-cbc-and-end-
media-bailout

Bureaucrats discover dumbest ways to spend tax dollars

Stress balls, charcuterie boards, candles and climate change card games: the Canadian
Taxpayers Federation does a deep dive into all the ways the federal government spends your
money on branding merchandise.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/stress-balls,-charcuterie-boards-
and-climate-change-card-games-inside-the-feds’-branded-merch-shopping-spree

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

Trudeau rewards failure with taxpayer-funded bonuses
Bonuses are for people who do a good job, not people who fail at their one and only job. Bank
of Canada bureaucrats got $20 million in bonuses in 2022 while the Crown corporation hiked
interest rates seven times and inflation reached a 40-year high. Here’s the worst part:
rewarding failure with bonuses is the rule, not the exception, in Ottawa.

READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/ottawa-rewards-failure-taxpayer-
funded-bonuses

Governor General takes taxpayers for a ride
Taxpayers were forced to pick up the tab for a $71,000 bill from “Icelimo Luxury Travel” during
Governor General Mary Simon’s four-day visit to Iceland last fall. We’re not saying the governor
general should be hitchhiking, but surely she could have gotten around a small island for less
than the price of a brand-new BMW.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/71k-in-limo-service-for-governor-
generals-2022-four-day-iceland-trip

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/terrazzano-higher-interest-
rates-the-price-of-government-inflation

You paid for ex-politician to go to Harvard

Welcome to Canada: where losing re-election is like winning a prestigious scholarship. Up to
$15,000. All on the taxpayers’ dime. The CTF uncovered a little-known slush fund that former
members of Parliament can use to pay for their post-secondary education after they leave
Parliament Hill.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/former-mps-billed-taxpayers-over-90000-
in-transitional-benefits

No more sex toy shows for Trudeau government

Taxpayers just scored a big victory in Ottawa! Global Affairs Canada announced it’s scrapping
the multi-million-dollar slush fund known as the Mission Cultural Fund. The MCF was used to
pay for a sex toy show in Germany, for old people in Taiwan to talk about their sex lives on
stage and to promote Margaret Atwood’s book in Australia.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/scrapping-wasteful-mission-
cultural-fund-a-huge-win-for-taxpayers

READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-ottawa-second-carbon-tax

Trudeau hands out corporate welfare like candy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Volkswagen more than $13 billion in corporate welfare.
Stellantis is another multinational corporation that’s looking for a taxpayer handout. How many
billions of dollars will Trudeau force taxpayers to give multinational corporations?

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-taxpayers-get-soaked-
by-volkswagen-giveaway

You’re buying the governor general clothes

The governor general’s salary is well north of $300,000. But you’re still forced to pay for her
clothes. The governor general makes enough money. She should pay for her own clothes.

SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/rein-in-governor-general-perks

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/terrazzano-trudeau-doesnt-know-what-saving-money-means 

CTF fights carbon tax at parliamentary committee

Franco brought a simple message for members of Parliament: Stop hiking the taxes that make our food so expensive. 

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

Trudeau scared of taxpayer legal challenge

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally fessed up and admitted he stayed in the $6,000 per night hotel room during the Queen’s funeral in London, England. Trudeau knew he was going to lose in court. That’s why he fessed up. 

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/taxpayers-federation-legal-action-hotel-suite

Politicians think you can afford to pay more tax at the gas pump and the liquor store. Meanwhile, MPs say they need a pay hike.

A good budget with big promises (that we’ll make sure they keep)

The Alberta budget had a lot of big promises for taxpayers, but politicians had better keep their word or else. 

Bureaucrats don’t hit targets, but they still get bonuses

Franco and Ryan wouldn’t dare ask Old Man MacKay for a bonus if they missed their targets, but things are different for bureaucrats.

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Taxpayers Fight Trudeau’s Gun Ban Boondoggle

Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporters push to stop the government from expanding the
gun ban and buy back is paying off. Members of Parliaments on the committee trying to expand
the scheme had to withdraw their amendments after Canadians flooded their emails.
SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-gun-ban-and-buy-back

Failing Government CEO Gets Huge Raise

The head of Metrolinx, Ontario’s transit infrastructure agency, is now making $851,000 a year,
which is a 52 per cent pay bump over the last handful of years. The increase in pay comes
despite Metrolinx spending 75 per cent over budget with Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s
signature transit project, the Ontario line. Rewarding failure with pay raises has become the
rule with government agencies.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/ford-needs-to-end-the-metrolinx-
fiasco

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/cbc-staff-earning-six-figures-
doubles-under-trudeau

Fight Against Online Censorship

Members of Parliament want to censor what you see online. But Senators and Canadians are fighting back against this push for censorship.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.thesuburban.com/opinion/op_ed/bill-c-11-canadas-
senators-should-say-no-to-censorship-and-government-control/article_02c03930-e3b8-5167-8f1f-cd0f95591670.html

Email MP and Government House Leader Mark Holland: mark.holland@parl.gc.ca

$20 in Tax for a Case of Beer

President and CEO of Moosehead Breweries Andrew Oland joins the show to break down how federal politicians are making your beer more expensive with an automatic escalator tax hike.

SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/reduce-liquor-taxes

The governor general’s salary in 2022 was $342,100. That means the governor general’s salary increased by almost $40,000 since the beginning of the pandemic. Why does the governor general need an extra $40,000 when they can expense taxpayers for as much beef wellington as they can stomach?

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/governor-general-40k-pay-raise-pandemic 

Government union bosses milking you

A federal government union is pushing for up to 47 per cent more in pay and benefits over

three years. That would cost taxpayers $9.3 billion. That’s an extra $27,500 per bureaucrat each

year on average. And they want you to pay for it. 

READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-taxpayers-cant-afford-federal-union-demands?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1676471130-1 

World Cup a rip off for taxpayers

Taxpayers will be on the hook for about half a million dollars for every minute of game time in the World Cup. That means every minute of game play could build a family a home. And the government’s economic claims aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. 

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/jay-goldberg-ford-is-skeptical-about-fifa-and-hes-right 

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/world-cup-cost-leave-taxpayers-scratching-our-heads 

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/sims-the-cbc-is-a-
government-monster-gobbling-up-tax-dollars

Come on prime minister, you’ve had enough alcohol taxes

Taxes already account for about half of the price of beer, 65 per cent of the price of wine and
more than three quarters of the price of spirits. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rubbing
margarita salt in the wound by using high inflation to binge on higher alcohol taxes in 2023.

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Which politicians were naughty or nice in 2022?

From spending $6,000 per night on a hotel room to racking up nearly six figures on fancy
airplane food and handing out bonuses to failing central bankers, plenty of politicians and
bureaucrats were on the Taxpayer Naughty list in 2022.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/taxpayer-naughty-nice-list-2022.pdf

Trudeau subsidizes 391 dead people

The Trudeau government spent at least $32 billion on suspicious or ineligible COVID-19 payments. The government handed out COVID-19 subsidies to hundreds of dead people, hundreds of people in jail and hundreds of Canadians under the age of 15.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/-4.6-billion-tip-of-the-iceberg-on-covid-19-overpayments-auditor-general 

Trudeau hiking FIVE taxes in 2023

The CPP tax, EI tax, carbon tax and alcohol taxes are all going up. The feds are also imposing a second carbon tax through fuel regulations in 2023. Here’s a New Year’s resolution for the Trudeau government: stop wasting money, start cutting taxes.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/five-federal-tax-hikes-in-2023-new-year’s-tax-changes-report 

Government contractor milks taxpayers

The Ontario government’s transit contractor is going $8 billion over budget on a subway project. That’s enough money to build eight hospitals. Unfortunately, huge cost overruns have become the rule rather than the exception with government contractors across Canada.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/ford-needs-to-end-the-metrolinx-fiasco 

READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-quebec-gets-deal-on-carbon-tax-while-rest-of-canada-pays?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670103043

Trudeau Balloons His Buyback Boondoggle

Trudeau is going after more law-abiding Canadians. He is trying to ban thousands of additional long guns. The original gun ban and buyback was already ineffective and expensive. This could cost taxpayers another $1 billion. And it won’t improve safety.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/expanded-liberal-gun-ban-could-cost-taxpayers-another-billion-dollars-says-criminologist

Wait, a Politician Wants Less Pay?

British Columbia MLA Todd Stone put forward a private member’s bill to freeze politician pay. It would’ve killed the $10,000-pay raises for politicians. Too bad the rest of his colleagues couldn’t keep their snouts out of the trough. The B.C. government refused to debate Stone’s bill.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/taxpayer-watchdog-urges-bc-mlas-to-vote-on-pay-raise-freeze/article_ae739166-6c12-11ed-87b5-67511c2a6670.html

WATCH JAY’S TESTOMONY HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHwYFqfn4M&t=1s

READ THE E-BOOK HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Final%20C-11%20Report.pdf

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READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/chrystia-freeland-20-billion-over-budget

Cold winter, big carbon tax bill

Winter is coming and the carbon tax makes it more expensive to keep your home warm. We break down how much the carbon tax will cost Canadians this winter.

 READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-trudeau-carbon-taxes-leaving-canadians-out-in-the-cold

We found the bill for the governor general’s Middle East trip

Governor General Mary Simon and her entourage billed taxpayers $1.3 million on the week-long trip to the Middle East. Can Simon prove that spending $1.3 million on a week-long trip is a better use of tax dollars than hiring more nurses or helping struggling Canadian taxpayers? The CTF dug up the data, and the National Post ran the story on its front page.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/governor-general-trip-cost-taxpayers-1-3-million?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1667418831

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READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/recession-for-who-not-government-employees

Lovable nerds replicate $50M ArriveCAN app

A few techies spent a weekend replicating the government’s ArriveCAN app. What they did for fun, the government spent $54 million to build. Is that a good deal for taxpayers?

READ MORE HERE: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-two-canadian-tech-companies-say-each-recreated-arrivecan-app-to-show/

Students stand up to government debt

Government debt will hit young people the hardest and young people across Canada are hitting back. The CTF’s student organization, Generation Screwed, is taking off.

READ MORE: generationscrewed.ca

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The cost of living is skyrocketing, and the federal government is making things worse by hiking the carbon tax. We have the details.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/conservatives-attempt-to-cancel-carbon-tax-hikes-fails-in-house-of-commons

If CPP and EI Quack Like a Tax…

If something looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s a duck. Likewise, if something takes money from you like a tax, funds government redistribution like a tax, and even the government admits it’s a tax, then it’s a tax.

But the federal government is trying to hide that from you, while taking too much from your paycheque.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/yes,-payroll-taxes-are-taxes.-no,-trudeau-shouldn%E2%80%99t-be-raising-them

We’re No Safer, but the Gun Ban Bill’s Higher

Taxpayers been billed over $3 million in office costs alone for the bureaucrats running the federal gun ban and buyback scheme, without a single gun being purchased to date. We found the records that prove it.

READ MORE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/costs-for-gun-ban-and-buyback-continue-to-balloon,-despite-not-buying-a-single-gun

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Other countries are cutting taxes, but here in Canada, the federal government is raising the carbon tax, payroll taxes, and alcohol taxes, actively choosing to make life more expensive.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/canada-hikes-taxes-while-51-other-countries-provide-tax-relief-report

What Is Carpaccio Anyway?

While Canadians were trying to figure out how to stretch their food budget, Governor General Mary Simon and her entourage were enjoying beef wellington and fancy Italian snacks as they flew around Europe and the Middle East. We dug up the receipts.

READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/beef-wellington-230-flowers-more-details-on-how-the-governor-general-spent-99k-on-a-middle-east-trip

Pay for Your Own Pole, Councillor Jankov

Charlottetown taxpayers picked up the $4,600 tab to take out a utility pole that was blocking city councillor Alana Jankov’s driveway, even though she and her husband had moved their driveway to face the pole AND the city government had been told it was the homeowner’s responsibility to pay for the work. We dug up the records.

READ MORE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/charlottetown-taxpayers-paid-4,600-to-remove-utility-pole-outside-coun.-jankov%E2%80%99s-house?pending=1

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READ MORE HERE: https://twitter.com/fureyandrew/status/1565791208210841601

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/trudeau-government-not-serious-about-making-life-more-affordable

Will Taxes Make You Skinny?

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal Premier Andrew Furey is bringing in a new hidden tax on sugary beverages in his province.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/furey%E2%80%99s-pop-tax-is-nothing-more-than-a-tax-grab

Surprise Surprise: Home Equity Tax is Unpopular

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s own study found 95 per cent of social media comments are against a home equity tax, according to records dug up by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

READ MORE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/cmhc%E2%80%99s-own-study-finds-home-equity-tax-95-per-cent-unpopular

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Canadian farmers and fertilizer producers are world leaders in sustainable farming practices, but that isn’t stopping the Trudeau government from raising carbon taxes and the possibility of restricting fertilizer use. Prairie Director Robin Speer has the view from the farm.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.sasktoday.ca/opinion/opinion-ottawa-should-stop-stoking-food-insecurity-5784598

UCP Candidates Pledge No PST

In a huge win for taxpayers, the majority of candidates in Alberta’s United Conservative Party leadership race have signed the CTF’s pledge rejecting a PST and have also promised not to raise taxes. On top of those wins, Alberta has also ended bracket creep.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/ucp-candidates-pledge-not-to-impose-a-pst-or-raise-taxes

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/scrapping-bracket-creep-and-paying-down-the-debt-huge-wins-for-taxpayers

Waste Watch: Federal Tourism Agency Gets Bonuses (Even With No Tourism)

When the tourism industry was locked down during the pandemic, most tourism agencies had to cut costs. But the lucky federal bureaucrats at Destination Canada, the federal tourism-promotion Crown corporation, didn’t face any hardships. They even got bonuses!

We dug up the records laying out the lockdown pay bumps.

READ MORE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/federal-tourism-agency-handed-out-bonuses-and-pay-raises-while-industry-locked-down

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We have some good news and some bad news. The good news: The feds plan to balance the budget before 2070. The bad news? They won’t be balancing the budget until after 2041! By then, interest charges will have cost taxpayers $802 billion.

The CTF has been telling the federal government how to avoid the crunch.

READ OUR FEDERAL BUDGET SUBMISSION HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Backgrounder-carbon-tax-rebate-cost.pdf

Liquor Taxes on a Bender

Imagine hearing two bartenders whispering about running up your bill. That would set off a few alarm bells. It turns out that is exactly what the federal government is doing as it overindulges in tax hikes for beer and liquor each year, without a vote in Parliament.  

READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/government-liquor-tax-hike-bender-needs-to-end

Waste Watch: Global Affairs Drops Over $40,000 On Fancy Furniture

While most Canadians spent the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic tightening their belts, Global Affairs Canada was outfitting overseas diplomatic offices with over $40,000 in custom furniture produced by an Ottawa-based designer.

READ MORE: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/global-affairs-canada-spends-41k-on-fancy-custom-furniture-for-overseas-diplomatic-offices

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The Bank of Canada gave its employees $45 million in bonuses and pay raises in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic while inflation soared. The Bank of Canada is supposed to keep inflation around two per cent. If you’ve been to the grocery store in the past year you know they failed. So why did they give themselves bonuses?

READ NEWS ARTICLES HERE:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/terrazzano-bank-of-canada-doesnt-deserve-its-
bonuses-and-pay-raises/wcm/e1e09f1b-4f7d-4ce3-a288-13c9bb0838bb/amp/?fbclid=IwAR0eGUeJhBsJegvgjOX2RiG7a8YC7FHsJt8ZfRv8KpycLJrd5iwRG
MaeC0c

https://financialpost.com/opinion/franco-terrazzano-governments-have-created-the-perfect-inflation-storm

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/terrazzano-deficit-spending-and-inflation-tax-
drive-up-cost-of-living

Nova Scotia’s premier takes a pay cut

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston’s salary was cut by $11,246 while MLAs froze their salaries. Members of Parliament in Ottawa need to follow Houston’s lead and stop giving themselves pay raises.

READ OUR REPORT HERE:
https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/houston-shows-leadership-by-cutting-his-own-salary

Charlottetown council billing taxpayers for boozy dinner

Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown and fellow councillors expensed $1,800 on a boozy steak
dinner that included four bottles of wine, 11 beers, 20 ounces of liquor and three cocktails. We also caught councillors double dipping on their expenses.

READ OUR REPORT HERE:

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/documents-show-charlottetown-employee’s-high-
spending-on-meals-and-luxury-hotels

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The Trudeau government claims families will be better off with its carbon tax and rebate scheme, but that’s just plain magic math. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the average household will be paying hundreds of dollars this year, even after the rebate cheques arrive.

READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Backgrounder-carbon-tax-rebate-cost.pdf

Feds Hand Out Pay Raises, Bonuses Despite Missed Objectives

The federal government is spending billions on bureaucratic overtime and pay raises while missing its own objectives by miles, and we have the records that prove it.

READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/feds-spent-1.6-billion-on-overtime-pay-since-2019

Waste Watch: Chrystia Freeland Doesn’t Know Where Glasgow Is

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland went to Scotland last November for a conference in Glasgow, but stayed in Edinburgh. Canadians picked up the bills for her staff not knowing how to use Google Maps.

READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/freeland-stays-in-wrong-city-for-climate-conference,-drops-over-3,000-on-luxury-chauffer-service

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The CTF took a look around the world, and other countries have been far more restrained. One thing is clear: After two years of a worldwide pandemic, we know that more government spending does not guarantee better results.

READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-spending-to-the-max-on-covid-19-programs-didnt-really-help

https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Report-Pandemic-Spending.pdf

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