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…
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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…
Time for Auditor General to Turn Up the Heat on Abbotsford By Jordan Bateman. Leave it to local government to find a way to lose money on something as near…
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has crunched the numbers and despite the federal government’s announcement that it’s freezing Employment Insurance taxes for three years, many Canadians’ paycheques will be getting…
By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has issued a new report calling for changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) system that would allow Canadians to keep…
Submitted. Best-selling author Mark Milke’s latest book, Tax Me I’m Canadian! A Taxpayer’s Guide to Your Money and How Politicians Spend It hits bookstores today. This new edition – with…
By Gregory Thomas, CTF. The three-year freeze on federal Employment Insurance tax rates announced Monday, September 9, by federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty means Canadian workers will keep getting plucked,…
By Gregory Thomas, Federal Director, CTF. Now that the RCMP are investigating, it’s pretty much guaranteed that the Senate expense scandal will have a devastating impact on the people involved….
By Mike Archer. Every year at this time a great deal is made of the fact that, if you take the taxes we pay and cram them all into the…
Submitted. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today released a list of each party’s election spending and taxation promises to date, along with their projected costs. The election promises can be…