FHA facing $2.5 million in potential fines for long surgical waitlists. Surgeons ordered to reassess patients after 40 weeks to avoid fines By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. The Canadian Taxpayers…
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Submitted. In its annual pre-budget submission to British Columbia’s Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today called on the BC Liberal government to bring…
By Jordan Bateman. An important travel advisory for provincial politicians headed to this week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conference in Whistler: keep a close eye on your government issued…
By Jordan Bateman. We had such high hopes. When Premier Christy Clark opened the new Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) office in April 2012, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation was…
The BC Canadian Taxpayers Federation is running an online petition to try to force the hand of the BC government into paying back taxes collected for education which has not…
By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. What is it with the B.C. government and expensive, poorly managed computer projects? The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has learned via whistleblowers that B.C. Emergency…
By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. When it comes to a lot of government activity, taxpayers often want to ignore how the sausage is made: Just take as little of our…
By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. It may be wise old King Solomon who is credited with the phrase, “there is nothing new under the sun,” but anyone who has read…
By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. The carbon tax lobby was practically giddy this month, as newspaper headlines touting a B.C. climate change agreement with three U.S. states blared, “Washington and…
By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. Some things in B.C. politics are as cliché as Lululemon-wearing Vancouverites sipping lattes in a rainstorm. For example, opposition parties always rail against massive dividend…