The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is a federally incorporated, non-profit organization and taxpayers advocacy group that claims over 84,000 supporters across Canada and is governed by a six-person board of directors. The organization advocates lower taxes, a reduction of what it considers to be wasteful government spending, and an increase in government accountability. It was founded in Saskatchewan in 1990 through a merger of the Association of Saskatchewan Taxpayers and the Resolution One Association of Alberta.
The CTF maintains a federal office in Ottawa, and offices in Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Halifax. Provincial offices conduct research and advocacy activities specific to their provinces, and act as regional organizers of Canada-wide initiatives. The group opened the office in Halifax, partly due to a pension scandal in September 2010.
The federation uses a combination of media interviews, press conferences, speeches, presentations, petitions and publications to advocate its political views. The CTF publishes The Taxpayer magazine four times a year, and a regular e-mail Action Updates and a website/blog. CTF offices also issue weekly Let’s Talk Taxes commentaries to media outlets.
The data, contained in documents via an access-to-information request by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, says federal departments spent $7,808,827 in rental fees to the Canada Council of the Art’s ...
The Canadian national anthem and God Save the King were played ... COP29 like COP1 has been an abject failure for climate change and the Canadian taxpayer ... I can’t think of a better Christmas gift for Canadians than a federal election.
According to a public opinion poll commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in August 2024, 69% of Canadians oppose the most recent round of CBC bonuses for CBC staff and executives.
Jay Goldberg, the Ontario director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, says “the proof is in the pudding” that Ontario’s massive corporate welfare program is not working to stimulate economic growth.
According to access-to-information records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the PMO’s cost is escalating ... According to government , the number of federal bureaucrats has jumped up by 42% ...
The fastest way to ensure more money stays in the pockets of hard-working taxpayers is to charge less tax on top of the things they buy ...Ask any Ontario taxpayer ... Jay Goldberg is Ontario director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
The CBC’s pay and bonuses are fine; Canadians are getting good value for money; and there would be “huge impoverishment” if the state broadcaster were defunded ... -Kris Sims is Alberta director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
In this case, the federal government should not have a state broadcaster, period,” KrisSims, the Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, told True North in an email.
Millions of Canadian taxpayer dollars are ... An access-to-information request obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation revealed the details behind podcasts hosted by several federal departments.
... an election, Canadians do too. Plus, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation revealed that dozens of federal departments have launched podcasts at the expense of taxpayers.
The data is gleaned from an access-to-information request by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, and a voluminous November 2023 order paper question tabled by Conservative MP Rob Moore.
Ford’s latest gas tax-cut is music to taxpayers’ ears ... And that’s welcome news for Ontario taxpayers because Trudeau is planning another carbon tax hike next April ... Jay Goldberg is Ontario director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
... The Canadian Taxpayers Federation said that was a hit to taxpayers of $10,000 a deer — when residents of Sidney Island who organize annual hunts every fall killed 54 fallow deer in October and November of 2023 at no cost to taxpayers ... 15.
