This podcast is for Canadians who want lower taxes, less waste and more accountable government. We go beyond the politics to push for policies that shrink tax bills. We break exclusive news stories about government waste that aren’t covered by the media. And we enforce accountability and transparency for politicians in every political party. Join the Canadian Taxpayers Federation at taxpayer.com.
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We take a deep dive into the CBC to tell you how much the state broadcaster is costing you and what it’s spending YOUR money on. The CBC’s ratings are plummeting, it costs Canadians more than $1.4 Billion this year, and it’s STILL handing out big bonuses. The CBC has handed out $132 million in bonuses since 2015, and THIS YEAR, it’s awarding $18.4 …
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#153 Trudeau’s bureaucracy costs you how much?
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You’re paying higher taxes because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bureaucrat hiring spree is out of control. Trudeau added 108,000 federal bureaucrats – a 42 per cent increase since 2015. If any politician wants to balance the budget and cut taxes, they’ll need to shrink the federal bureaucracy. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer P…
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The majority of Canadians say the government spends too much money, takes too much money from our paycheques and wastes money on the wrong priorities. That’s according to a new Ipsos poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute. The MEI’s Vice President of Communications Renaud Brossard joins the show to break down the new poll and what Can…
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Trying to make homes more affordable with a tax hike is like trying to boil water with your freezer. But the Trudeau government keeps flirting with home equity taxes. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently attended “a private town hall about generational fairness,” hosted by a group advocating for home taxes. The feds also spent $450,000 funding an…
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The Trudeau government’s own data shows the carbon tax will cost Canada’s economy $12 billion this year. By 2030, the carbon tax will cost our economy $30 billion. Plus, we break down the provincial fuel taxes you pay while driving on your summer road trips. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. Support our mission: https://w…
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his entourage billed taxpayers more than $220,000 for airplane food during their week-long tour of the Indo-Pacific last September. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation dug up all the meal receipts through an access to information request. Here are some of the airplane meals they enjoyed: Braised lamb shanks with stea…
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The Trudeau government is hiking taxes again! The Liberals, NDP and Bloc just voted to hike capital gains taxes. Plus, the feds are bringing in a new Streaming Tax. We break down what all these tax hikes mean for you in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast. Sign the PETITON – NO capital gains tax hike: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/no-capital-gains-ta…
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The Trudeau government wants to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars by 2035. Plus, the feds are giving multinational corporations tens of billions to build battery plants and there’s a new taxpayer scandal in Ottawa. All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.By Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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#146 Taxpayer legal challenge against the CBC
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation launched a legal challenge against the CBC. The CBC refuses to release how much in bonuses it paid out to President Catherine Tait and its senior executives. The CTF filed a legal challenge with the Information Commissioner to force the CBC to release those records come clean with you. Plus, the feds dished out $40…
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#145 Corporate welfare costs $5 million/job
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Tax hikes for you, more taxpayer cash for multinational corporations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford teamed up to give $5 billion to Honda. The government says it will create 1,000 jobs. That’s a cost to taxpayers of $5 million per job. And that’s on top of the tens of billions of dollars governments have already announ…
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Welcome to Canada, where you pay a federal sales tax so Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can cover the interest payments on his government’s credit card. That’s literally what’s happening. Interest charges on Canada’s debt will be $54 billion this year. GST revenues will be $54 billion. On top of soaring interest charges, the federal budget includes m…
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#143 Trudeau gives Quebec special carbon tax deal
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving you higher gas prices and giving Quebec a special deal on the carbon tax. Quebec’s carbon tax currently costs $57 per tonne. Trudeau is making you and every other Canadian pay a carbon tax that costs $80 per tonne. And that carbon tax gap is expected to grow… Plus, we break down just how much federal debt int…
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost the people and the premiers on the carbon tax. Seven of 10 Canadians and provincial premiers oppose Trudeau’s April 1 carbon tax hike. But Liberal, NDP, Green and Bloc Québécois MPs decided to stand with the prime minister and voted to make you pay higher carbon taxes. And we break down Trudeau’s April 1 alcoh…
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Governor General Mary Simon took another pay raise this year, bringing her annual salary to $363,000. This is Simon’s third pay raise since being appointed to the role less than three years ago. And the CBC dished out another $15 million in taxpayer-funded bonuses in 2023. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. And you can get…
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#140 Fighting Trudeau’s online censorship
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Taxpayers are right to be worried about Trudeau’s online censorship. We asked the Canadian Constitution Foundation to break down Trudeau’s so-called online harms bill and how that can impact your free expression and ability to hold governments accountable. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. And here’s how you can take acti…
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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe comes off the bench to fight Trudeau’s carbon tax. And the vast majority of Canadians don’t support Trudeau’s carbon tax hike on April 1. Plus, we break down how Trudeau’s carbon tax makes your grocery bills more expensive. All that and more on this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.…
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#138 Trudeau’s $1 million “affordability” retreats
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The Trudeau government’s three “affordability” cabinet retreats over the course of a single year cost taxpayers more than $1 million. And you better believe they’ve been eating good on your dime… Trudeau also dropped $11,651 of your tax dollars to party with the media at one of his mansions. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podca…
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The ArriveSCAM app is worse than you think. The Auditor General writes a scathing report into the ArriveCAN app that socially distanced taxpayers from tens of millions of dollars. And we break down Trudeau’s carbon tax rebrand. Trudeau thinks he can make you support his favourite tax by changing the name of his carbon tax rebates. But that’s just l…
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#136 Bonuses, bureaucratic boondoggles & hotel bills
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Costs for the ArriveCAN app spiralled out of control to $54 million. Despite their failure, government executives working on the app still took more than $340,000 in bonuses. Most people spend zero dollars not staying in a luxury hotel room. Well, the feds spent $600,000 NOT staying in luxury hotel rooms. All that and more in this week’s Canadian T…
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CBC President Catherine Tait was in the hot seat as MPs grilled her over the millions in bonuses she’s been doling out at the state broadcaster with your money. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks he’s figured out a way to stop his polls from plummeting: re-brand his carbon tax rebate scheme! But there’s not enough lipstick on the planet to cover …
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#134 Taxpayers getting gouged at the pumps
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Canadians are paying about 55 cents per litre of gas every time we fuel up. That means you’re paying about $35 in taxes when fueling up a big sedan. And that big tax bill is only getting bigger as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cranks up his two carbon taxes. READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Gas-Tax-Honesty-Report-2023.pdf Taxpayer fun…
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#133 Trudeau’s carbon tax is about politics, not the planet
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Quebec a special deal on the carbon tax. The math is simple: Trudeau is forcing drivers in every other province and territory to pay 14 cents per litre of gas in carbon taxes, while Quebecers pay 10 cents per litre. The solution is also simple: Trudeau should scrap his carbon taxes and make life more affordab…
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#132 Feds hike inflation then hike interest rates
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The Trudeau government deserves a big chunk of the blame for rising mortgage payments. Ottawa’s never-ending deficits, tax hikes and money printing helped push inflation to a 40-year high. Without this inflation, the Bank of Canada would have little reason to raise rates and Canadians wouldn’t be worried about their mortgage payments going through …
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#131 Trudeau Hammers Taxpayers With a Second Carbon Tax
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Trudeau buried a second carbon tax in fuel regulations that take effect this July. By the time the regulations are fully in force, the second carbon tax will cost the average family up to $1,157. There are no rebates with the second carbon tax, and it’s being layered on top of the current tax. READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/opini…
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The Trudeau government told taxpayers it would save money in budget 2023. Here’s a pro-tip for the government: if you increase spending by $85 billion, you’re saving money wrong. READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/terrazzano-trudeau-doesnt-know-what-saving-money-means CTF fights carbon tax at parliamentary committee Franco br…
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Taxes up. MP pay up. We’re fed up. Politicians think you can afford to pay more tax at the gas pump and the liquor store. Meanwhile, MPs say they need a pay hike. A good budget with big promises (that we’ll make sure they keep) The Alberta budget had a lot of big promises for taxpayers, but politicians had better keep their word or else. Bureaucrat…
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#128 CBC’s Big Bonuses and Six-Figure Salaries
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The number of CBC staffers taking home a six-figure salary has doubled under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The state broadcaster also handed out $16 million in bonuses last year, for an average bonus of $14,000. And it’s all paid for with your tax dollars. READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cbc-employees-paid-16-million- bonuses-…
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#127 Taxpayers launch legal challenge against Trudeau government
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Government bureaucrats are trying to bend the rules to keep you from knowing who stayed in the $6,000 per night hotel room during the Queen’s funeral. You paid the bill, you deserve transparency. That’s why the Canadian Taxpayers Federation launched a legal challenge to force the government to disclose who stayed in the hotel room. READ MORE HERE: …
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#126 Governor General’s $40K pandemic pay hike
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Governor General’s $40K pandemic pay hike The governor general’s salary in 2022 was $342,100. That means the governor general’s salary increased by almost $40,000 since the beginning of the pandemic. Why does the governor general need an extra $40,000 when they can expense taxpayers for as much beef wellington as they can stomach? READ MORE HERE: h…
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#125 Exposing Government Waste with New Investigative Journalist
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation just added more muscle to go after government waste with our new Investigative Journalist Ryan Thorpe. Ryan built his career by infiltrating a white supremist group and going after union bosses. In his first week with the CTF, Ryan broke stories about the governor general’s $40,000 pandemic pay hike and government …
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#124 Interview With Taxpayer Advocate Grover Norquist
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CTF President & CEO Scott Hennig sits down with the Founder and President of Americans For Tax Reform, Grover Norquist.By Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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Do you want politicians to stop wasting your money and raising your tax bill? The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s President and CEO Scott Hennig delivers the blueprint on how taxpayers can push for smaller and more accountable government in the year ahead.By Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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#122 1.2 billion reasons to defund the CBC
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Taxpayers pay about $1.2 billion per year for the CBC. That amount could instead pay the salaries of more than 13,000 nurses. It could cover the grocery bills for 100,000 families. It’s time to defund the CBC. READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/sims-the-cbc-is-a- government-monster-gobbling-up-tax-dollars Come on prime minist…
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Trudeau subsidizes 391 dead people The Trudeau government spent at least $32 billion on suspicious or ineligible COVID-19 payments. The government handed out COVID-19 subsidies to hundreds of dead people, hundreds of people in jail and hundreds of Canadians under the age of 15. READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/-4.6-billion-tip-of-t…
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There’s a fundamental unfairness about the federal carbon tax: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is requiring taxpayers in other provinces to pay a higher carbon tax than in Quebec. Trudeau’s special deal for Quebec shows the carbon tax was always about politics, not the environment. READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-queb…
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#119 Senate Committee Gets and Earful About Online Censorship
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The House of Commons committee stifled debate on the online censorship bill, C-11, but the Senate committee is diving in and our Ontario Director Jay Goldberg let them have it about the dangers of the legislation. WATCH JAY’S TESTOMONY HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHwYFqfn4M&t=1s READ THE E-BOOK HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Fi…
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#118 Feds blow the budget by $20B (already)
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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is already set to spend $20 billion over her own budget. And we’re only about half way through the fiscal year. But here’s the most amazing part: Freeland called her budgeting “prudent.” READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/chrystia-freeland-20-billion-over-budget Cold winter, big carbon tax bill Wint…
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#117 Testifying to the Finance Committee on Behalf of Taxpayers
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Federal Director Franco Terrazzano sits down with Alberta Director Kris Sims to discuss his testimony to the Finance Committee.By Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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Bureaucrats are taking big pay raises and bonuses. And they’re demanding more. Much more READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/recession-for-who-not-government-employees Lovable nerds replicate $50M ArriveCAN app A few techies spent a weekend replicating the government’s ArriveCAN app. What they did for fun, the government spent $54 mil…
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#115 Up? Really? What’s With the Carbon Tax?
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#115 Up? Really? What’s With the Carbon Tax? The cost of living is skyrocketing, and the federal government is making things worse by hiking the carbon tax. We have the details. READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/conservatives-attempt-to-cancel-carbon-tax-hikes-fails-in-house-of-commons If CPP and EI Quack Like a Tax… If somethi…
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Tax Cuts Everywhere But Canada Other countries are cutting taxes, but here in Canada, the federal government is raising the carbon tax, payroll taxes, and alcohol taxes, actively choosing to make life more expensive. READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/canada-hikes-taxes-while-51-other-countries-provide-tax-relief-report What Is Carpa…
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#113 Look Who’s Fighting Carbon Taxes Now
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal Premier Andrew Furey is taking a swing at the federal carbon tax. READ MORE HERE: https://twitter.com/fureyandrew/status/1565791208210841601 https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/trudeau-government-not-serious-about-making-life-more-affordable Will Taxes Make You Skinny? Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal Premier An…
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Why is Ottawa in Farmers’ Way? Canadian farmers and fertilizer producers are world leaders in sustainable farming practices, but that isn’t stopping the Trudeau government from raising carbon taxes and the possibility of restricting fertilizer use. Prairie Director Robin Speer has the view from the farm. READ MORE HERE: https://www.sasktoday.ca/opi…
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Balanced Budget Coming in … 2041 We have some good news and some bad news. The good news: The feds plan to balance the budget before 2070. The bad news? They won’t be balancing the budget until after 2041! By then, interest charges will have cost taxpayers $802 billion. The CTF has been telling the federal government how to avoid the crunch. READ O…
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation sat down with Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Jean Charest to talk about key taxpayer issues like what he would do to balance the budget, make life more affordable and find savings if he was elected prime minister.By Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation sat down with Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Scott Aitchison to talk about key taxpayer issues like what he would do to balance the budget, make life more affordable and find savings if he was elected prime minister.By Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation sat down with Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Roman Baber to talk about key taxpayer issues like what he would do to balance the budget, make life more affordable and find savings if he was elected prime minister.By Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation sat down with Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Pierre Poilievre to talk about key taxpayer issues like what he would do to balance the budget, make life more affordable and find savings if he was elected prime minister.By Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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#106 You Get Inflation, Central Bankers Get Bonuses
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You get inflation, central bankers get bonuses The Bank of Canada gave its employees $45 million in bonuses and pay raises in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic while inflation soared. The Bank of Canada is supposed to keep inflation around two per cent. If you’ve been to the grocery store in the past year you know they failed. So why did they give …
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#105 INTERVIEW Dr. Geist on C-11 Censorship
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The Trudeau government’s Bill C-11 is posing a threat to the free flow of online information in Canada. Ontario Director Jay Goldberg and Federal Director Franco Terrazzano spoke with Dr. Michael Geist, the University of Ottawa’s Canada Research Chair in internet law, about the risks of the bill. READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media…
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