Ontario is now running a budget deficit larger than Canada itself, but the Wynne government is in no hurry to cut spending. CTF Ontario Director […]
Tax Talk 41: Federal Budget 2014, with guest Gregory Thomas
For the first time since the mid-1990s, the Canadian government will spend less than it did the year before. That’s the good news for taxpayers […]
Tax Talk 40: Generation Screwed Director Aaron Gunn
One of the highlights of 2013 for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation was the successful launch of the Generation Screwed campus initiative, designed to inform and […]
Tax Talk 39: Alberta is Back in Debt
It's hard to believe, but premiers Ed Stelmach and Allison Redford have taken Alberta into the red – frittering away billions in a rainy-day fund […]
Tax Talk 38: The Taxpayers’ Naighty and Nice List, w. guest Scott Hennig
It’s that time of year when Santa is busy making the final checks on his naughty and nice list – and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation […]
Tax Talk 37: Taking Taxes Off the Menu, w. guest Peter Shawn Taylor
A new Canadian Taxpayers Federation report, Tax on the Menu, looks at food taxes through the lens of dozens of peer-reviewed academic studies and ample […]
Tax Talk 36: Reforming Canada’s Employment Insurance Program, w. guest Nick Bergamini
Earlier this month, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation issued a new report calling for changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) system that would allow Canadians to […]
Tax Talk 35: Opening Up Government, w. Guest Sean Holman
Tax Talk host and CTF BC Director Jordan Bateman sits down with Sean Holman, an award-winning reporter, documentary filmmaker, an original muckraking blogger and now […]
Tax Talk 34: Alberta-B.C. Oil Pipeline Agreement, w. CTF’s Derek Fildebrandt
CTF Alberta Director Derek Fildebrandt joins Tax Talk host and BC Director Jordan Bateman to talk about the BC-Alberta pipeline (sort of) deal. Does it […]
TaxTalk 33: Ontario’s Bad Spending Decisions, w. Candice Malcolm of the CTF
Ontario’s provincial debt is growing by $371 per second – $32.1 million each and every day. Yet provincial politicians seem oblivious to the need to […]
Tax Talk 32: Senate Abolition, w. Gregory Thomas of the CTF
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has relaunched its popular Tax Talk podcast as a video broadcast! Join Tax Talk host and CTF B.C. Director Jordan Bateman […]