CBC doles out $16 million in bonuses in 2022
The bonuses keep going up, and the ratings keep going down. The CBC handed out more than $16 million in bonuses to staff in 2022,...
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Franco Terrazzano
- Feb 22
- 4 min
CBC staff earning six-figures doubles under Trudeau
As newsrooms across Canada are cut to the bone and publishers navigate choppy financial waters and a changing media landscape, the good...
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Franco Terrazzano
- Feb 15
- 2 min
CTF taking legal action to force feds to disclose who stayed in $6K hotel room
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is launching a legal challenge with the Office of the Information Commissioner to force the government...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Feb 7
- 2 min
CTF: Governor general salary increased by almost $40k during pandemic
The governor general’s salary increased by $39,300 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to records obtained by the...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Feb 6
- 3 min
CTF: Heritage minister can't define Canadian content - Trudeau-appointed senator
One of Canada’s most acclaimed authors is drawing a clear line: he doesn’t want politicians telling him what counts as Canadian content...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Jan 31
- 2 min
PSAC demanding up to 47 per cent increase, costing taxpayers $9.3 billion
OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the federal government to take a hard line against the Public Service...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Taxpayers should be mad at the government
Ottawa is wondering why the rubes are mad. People are hurting. But the anger comes from a deeper sense of being ripped off. Taxes and...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Carbon tax costing average family up to $847 despite rebates
OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is correcting the record as the federal government sends out carbon tax rebates on Jan. 15....
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Jan 5
- 3 min
More needs to be done to contain governor general's extravagance
In a rare show of unity, members of Parliament from all parties are angrily demanding answers about sky-high expenses racked up by...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Jan 3
- 3 min
Trudeau bingeing on alcohol tax hikes in 2023
With sky-high inflation, climbing interest rates and carbon tax hikes, you could be forgiven for drinking. But Prime Minister Justin...
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Arnold Viersen, M.P.
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
VIERSEN: Liberal $32 Billion Dollar Scandal
Ottawa, ON: Today, Peace River – Westlock MP Arnold Viersen released a statement following the Auditor General’s report last week on the...
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Franco Terrazzano
- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
CTF: Trudeau giving Quebec a special deal on carbon tax
OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is highlighting a fundamental unfairness about the federal carbon tax: Prime Minister...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
SIMS: Alberta Taxpayers support provincial gas tax cut
CALGARY, AB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is applauding the Alberta government’s move to suspend the provincial gas tax for at least...
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Franco Terrazzano
- Nov 22, 2022
- 1 min
Carbon tax hike means higher costs for Atlantic Canadians
OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is warning Atlantic Canadians that the federal government’s carbon tax hike will increase...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Nov 22, 2022
- 3 min
SIMS: CBC is a government monster gobbling up tax dollars
It’s time to defund the CBC. While many Canadians were suffering from lockdowns, job losses and pay cuts, the CBC was handing out pay...
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Franco Terrazzano
- Nov 17, 2022
- 3 min
CTF: No prudence when Freeland spends $20 billion over budget
The federal government is already on track to blow its budget by $20 billion. That’s astonishing when we’re only about halfway through...
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Franco Terrazzano
- Nov 8, 2022
- 1 min
FACT CHECK: Freeland won't balance the budget according to PBO data
OTTAWA, ON: The federal government will not balance the budget in 2027-28, according to revenue and interest projections published...
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Franco Terrazzano
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
CBC bonuses and raises cost taxpayers $156 million since 2015
OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers is criticizing the federal government for giving the CBC more money in the Fiscal Update after the CBC...
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Oct 27, 2022
- 1 min
More Albertans going to food banks thanks to inflation, taxes and lost jobs
LETHBRIDGE, AB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to scrap carbon taxes, stop inflationary...
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Franco Terrazzano
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
Yes, payroll taxes are taxes. No, Trudeau shouldn't be raising them
Political pundits are twisting themselves into pretzels arguing mandatory Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance payments are not a...
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