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…
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. Are things trending downward again at Abbotsford’s municipally-owned Ledgeview Golf Course? After a blip of a comeback last year, an Abbotsford city councillor tweeted this out yesterday: @LedgeviewGolf Tee…
By Jordan Bateman. Earlier this year, two brides-to-be from Prince George – to protect their identities, we’ll call them “Thelma and Louise” – made a run for the Alberta border…
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…
By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. Five years after governments poured billions of dollars into economic stimulus projects, we are beginning to see how foolish many of those so-called “investments” really…
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…