The Canadian Taxpayers Federation said it’s time for Canadians to put some heat on all senators and members of Parliament to come clean about how they spend taxpayer dollars. The organization added that it’s also time to ditch the housing allowance all together and relax current residency requirements for senators. More information is available online. … Read more
Canada’s union movement is talking out of both sides of its mouth, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, when it attacks Canadian businesses for holding too much cash on their balance sheets. Federation federal director Gregory Thomas said on the one hand, the Canadian Labour Congress is attacking Canadian businesses for managing their cash prudently … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released a new report showing that together the provincial and federal government are losing upwards of $1.1 billion dollars annually in tobacco tax revenues due to contraband tobacco sales in Ontario alone. The report also examines the Ontario government’s Cigarette Allocation System (CAS) for on-reserve ‘smoke shacks.’ New data on the … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister John Duncan (Vancouver Island North, B.C.) and several grassroots band members spoke out about the need to support Bill C-27, First Nations Financial Transparency Act, legislation that will put chief and council salary information online for all to see. Federation prairie director Colin Craig said … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation slammed the economic and fiscal update by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, Ont.) as the federation said it abandoned the Conservatives’ 2011 election promise to balance the budget in 2014-15. The full release is available online. Call 613-234-6554.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation applauded reforms to federal access-to-information law proposed in private member’s Bill C-461, tabled in the House of Commons by Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber (Edmonton-St. Albert, Alta.). Federation director Gregory Thomas said these reforms improve a vaguely-worded statute that’s forced the information commissioner to go to court on multiple occasions, to secure … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is welcoming reforms to the MP and government employee pension plans, declaring them a significant win for taxpayers. The federation estimates that once all the reforms are in place, a new MP elected after 2017 would be eligible for a $101,000 pension after three-terms. That same hypothetical MP would have contributed … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation urged MPs not to give themselves a pay hike in order to off-set pension reforms that would require higher contribution rates from MPs. Federation federal director Gregory Thomas said if MPs agree to pay $11,000 more into their pension plan, and then vote themselves a pay raise of $11,000, they won’t … Read more
The next phase of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s campaign to fix MPs pensions took flight. As MPs returned to Ottawa for the fall session they were greeted with a giant banner being towed behind an airplane around Parliament reading: 'Back to Work MPs. Fix Your Pensions!' The federation said hundreds of supporters of the Canadian … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Canada’s Members of Parliament to follow the example of Alberta premier Alison Redford by banning expense claims for alcohol and putting all their expense receipts online. Redford announced the toughest rules for expense claims so far in Canada, banning hospitality expense claims for hosting government employees and contractors, … Read more
