The Canadian Taxpayers Federation hailed the 2012 spring report from the Auditor General on the F-35 jet fighter program, saying it vindicates the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s cost estimates on the controversial jets. The federation called on the government to elevate the Parliamentary Budget Officer to full status as an officer of Parliament, with the same … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation issued a statement regarding budget 2012. The federation said that budget 2012 represents a lost opportunity for the government to rein in spending and reverse runaway growth in government payrolls during seven years of minority governments. Federal director of the federation Gregory Thomas said that annual program spending will rise $20 … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation held its 14th annual Teddy Waste Awards ceremony, giving well-deserved recognition to the worst of the worst in government waste. The federation federal director Gregory Thomas hosted for the first time as Master of Ceremonies at a black tie news conference on Parliament Hill. The federation's pig mascot Porky, the Waste … Read more
With only a few days to go before the 6th anniversary of the 2006 election, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation released a report estimating that the cost to retire the entire 41st Parliament in 2015 is at least $262 million in cumulative pensions and $15 million in severance payoffs. CTF federal director Gregory Thomas said the … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation applauded the federal government for responding to its call to fix and re-introduce legislation that forces politicians to publicly disclose their salaries. Bill C-27, the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, does exactly what the Federation has been pushing for – it will put chief and band council salaries and pay information on the … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is applauding Bill C-25, the Pooled Retirement Pension Plan legislation, introduced in the House of Commons by the government. Federal and Ontario director of CTF Gregory Thomas said this new pension legislation is good for Canadians planning for retirement and for taxpayers. Thomas said Canadians will be able to save more … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is urging the government to honour its election promise made exactly seven months ago to balance the federal budget by 2014-15 and cut spending to get the job done. Federal director of the CTF Gregory Thomas said by walking away from the government's promise, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, ON) has … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation applauded the Harper government for introducing legislation in the House of Commons to scrap the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry. Canadian Taxpayers Federation director Gregory Thomas said supporters of the federation would have preferred that the government go further and also eliminate licensing for non-restricted long-guns. Call 1-800-265-0442.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Harper government to keep bureaucrat Franklin Andrews from returning to his job as a Canadian foreign service officer. A federal public-service adjudicator ordered Andrews reinstated to his job that pays between $76,010 and $104,026 a year, even after he admitted spending between 50 and 75 per cent … Read more
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is highlighting the latest Statistics Canada data on the growing gap between the pay, pensions and benefits of government employees and what everybody else is getting. The CTF is calling on governments across the country to control government salaries and phase out gold-plated, defined-benefit pension plans. The latest Statistics Canada data … Read more
