Canadian Taxpayers Federation Federal Director Aaron Wudrick released a statement in response to Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion’s report finding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) contravened the Conflict of Interest Act: “Commissioner Dion’s finding that the prime minister has again violated the Conflict of Interest Act should alarm all Canadians … Read more
Maskowikamihk Charmaine Stick, member of the Onion Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation delivered a petition to the Prime Minister’s Office calling on the federal government to enforce the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. “Why aren’t you standing up for grassroots band members when they’re looking for accountability?” asked Stick. The CTF collected … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation challenged the leaders of the major federal political parties to show how they will balance the federal budget with clear and accountable platform promises. CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick noted that the failure by the Trudeau government to honour its 2015 promise to balance the budget will result in an additional $100 billion in federal … Read more
Canadian Taxpayers Federation Federal Director Aaron Wudrick released the following statement: “In April 2017, Andrew Scheer signed a pledge for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s youth organization, promising that if elected he would balance the budget within 24 months of taking office. “Today, Scheer indicated that if elected he would not balance the budget for five … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is launching a cross-country tour to show how much money taxpayers are losing because Canadian oil is sold for less than its full value due to a lack of pipeline capacity. “Canadian taxpayers are losing out on billions of dollars because we can’t get pipelines built and we aren’t receiving full value … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation hosted its 21st annual Gas Tax Honesty Day, highlighting the high price of gasoline, compounded by carbon taxes and the practice of charging tax on top of tax. “It is fundamentally wrong for governments to be charging tax on tax,” said CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick. The CTF’s 2019 Gas Tax Honesty Day report shows … Read more
Canadian Taxpayers Federation Federal Director Aaron Wudrick released a statement: “As interveners in Saskatchewan’s court fight against the federal carbon tax, we are disappointed with the outcome, but we are encouraged by the split decision,” he said. “The dissenting justices determined that the carbon tax is indeed a tax, that regulating emissions is provincial jurisdiction, and … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released a list of all spending announcements made by the Trudeau government over the last two months which may have been missed during the ongoing SNC-Lavalin scandal. “With so much attention understandably focused on SNC-Lavalin, many people may have missed most or all of these 267 spending announcements,” said CTF Federal … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation urged residents of Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan to fill up their cars this weekend because the carbon tax will be added to the price at the pump starting April 1. “The Trudeau carbon tax is designed to deliberately make life more expensive for Canadians, and, starting on Monday, Canadians … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation slammed the Trudeau government’s pre-election budget which officially left its balanced budget promise in tatters while continuing to hike spending. “The Trudeau government has betrayed Canadians who entrusted it to manage their money responsibly,” said CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick. “They are now on track to add $127 billion in new … Read more
