The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is hoping Canadians pick up a copy of a newly released book along with their tax forms this tax season. The top 1 per cent of taxpayers pay 20 per cent of all income taxes in Canada; the top 6 per cent pay 46 per cent of all income taxes. These … Read more
The B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), and Newspapers Canada are urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) to bring the PMO and ministers’ offices under the Access to Information Act, after Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault identified three ministerial staff as having interfered with a number of ATI … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) welcomed the appointment of Joe Oliver as federal finance minister, and called on the new minister to get to work immediately to deliver tax relief for Canadian families in the next federal budget. “Joe Oliver can send a strong signal both to Canadian workers and their employers, by rolling back … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) held its 16th annual “Teddy” Waste Awards ceremony, celebrating the best of the worst in government waste. Joining the CTF’s pig mascot Porky the Waste Hater was CTF federal director Gregory Thomas in his third year as Master of Ceremonies, and talented event hostess Nakisa. The gala awards event took place Parliament Hill … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) unveiled a 30-second television commercial that will begin airing this week that encourages Canadians to push their MPs to support Bill C-518, Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians Act. If passed, the bill introduced by John Williamson, Conservative MP for New Brunswick Southwest, would take away the parliamentary pension from any … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded the federal government’s 2014-15 budget, one that projects the first year-over-year spending cut since the Chrétien-Martin era. “We’re pleased and encouraged that Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty are on track to keep their election promise and balance the budget in 2014-15,” said federation federal director Gregory Thomas. The full … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) inflated its Senate mascot for a third time, this time at Vancouver’s Olympic Village, to highlight growing support for a national referendum on abolishing the Senate. The 30-foot tall balloon, that may or may not look like a certain suspended Senator, was also the backdrop for a call by the CTF … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has released a new report that takes direct aim at Canadian groups who want Canada to adopt a Denmark-style fat tax or the sugar and ‘junk food’ tax recently implemented in Mexico. More information is available online. Call 613-295-8409.
In its pre-budget submission to the House finance committee, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation called on the government to balance the budget in 2014 as promised by Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) during the 2011 election. The full release is available online. Call 613-234-6554.
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 the money they and their employers pay in EI taxes in a personal unemployment account. The CTF report, titled: Unmasking Employment Insurance: How EI Increases Unemployment and Steals Billions from … Read more
