Canadian Taxpayers Podcast

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s four-day trip to Europe in June cost taxpayers almost $1 million. Trudeau and his 40-person entourage spent $71,000 on food! That means Trudeau and his entourage spent more money on food in four days than the average family spends on groceries in four years. And they sent you the bill. Plus, we got our hands on Global Affairs Canada’s entire real estate portfolio. You won’t believe how these bureaucrats are spending your money in other countries. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

The CTF was in Parliament calling for the federal government to scrap the carbon tax. The carbon tax is making life too expensive, and punishing Canadians for the basics of life like heating their homes and driving to work. CTF Atlantic Director and General Counsel Devin Drover was in a parliamentary committee pushing politicians to scrap the federal carbon tax and make life affordable for Canadians. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

The CTF was SUMMONED to testify at the Heritage Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The topic: The CBC! The Canadian Taxpayers Federation told the committee full of politicians that it was time to DEFUND the CBC for three key reasons: The CBC costs Canadians too much money.Nearly nobody is watching it.Journalists should not be paid by the government. Most of the MPs were NOT happy to see us. Find out more with the CTF’s Federal Director Franco Terrazzano as he speaks with Alberta Director Kris Sims about what it was like to walk into the lions den. To join the Taxpayer Army – go to the website and sign the petitions that speak to you. LINK to Taxpayer Website: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

Not only does the carbon tax make almost everything more expensive, but you’re also getting soaked to pay for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s newly added carbon tax bureaucrats. Trudeau’s carbon tax bureaucracy will cost taxpayers about $800 million by 2030. That’s just the cost of paying for all those bureaucrats to hammer you with the carbon tax. In total, the cost of federal bureaucracy has increased by 73 per cent since 2016. Plus, we break down what the temporary GST holiday means for taxpayers. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

You pay too much tax because the government wastes too much money. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency, with a mandate to “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure federal agencies.” In this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast, we break down how Ottawa should dismantle the bloated bureaucracy and cut wasteful spending to make government more efficient in Canada. #DOGE #Departmentofgovernmentefficiency Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

The CTF was in Parliament pushing back against the government delaying the next election to give dozens of extra politicians a pension they don’t deserve. Delaying the election by one week would give up to 80 additional MPs a taxpayer-funded pension. Those pensions would cost taxpayers up to $120 million. CTF Federal Director Franco Terrazzano was in a parliamentary committee pushing politicians to oppose delaying the next election to give millions in pensions to extra politicians. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

Dozens of federal government departments and agencies are producing podcasts nobody is listening to and it’s costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Plus, the Alberta government launched a new court fight against the Trudeau government’s carbon tax. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

The CBC doesn’t mind taking your money. It just doesn’t want you to know how it spends your money. CBC’s CEO refuses to tell you if she will take a bonus or severance pay out when she leaves the state broadcaster in the new year. She thinks taking a taxpayer-funded bonus or severance is a “personal matter.” But you pay their bills. You deserve to how much their bonuses cost you. Plus, the number of federal government executives has increased by 42 per cent under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast 

The carbon tax is costing average families hundreds of dollars more than what their getting back in rebates. That’s according to the government’s own independent budget watchdog. Plus, the feds are already $6 billion over budget with the deficit. In fact, the government will spend more money on debt interest charges than it sends to the provinces in health care transfers. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

It's ELECTION TIME in three provinces! What are politicians promising voters in British Columbia, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan? Is the carbon tax looming large? Are people sick of high taxes? Can we afford these promises? Find out with CTF host Kris Sims as she gets the latest from the ground from BC Director Carson Binda, Atlantic Director Devin Drover and Prairie Director Gage Haubrich To join the Taxpayer Army – go to the website and sign the petitions that speak to you. Taxpayer Website: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/ Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast 

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is joining the fight against Newfoundland and Labradors’ legal bid to increase federal equalization payments. We’re getting into this court fight to stop provinces from wasting even more taxpayers’ money through equalization. Plus, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs promises to launch a renewed court challenge against the Trudeau government’s carbon tax. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

Federal bureaucrats bought hundreds of thousands of dollars in tickets to circuses and concerts, balls and ballets, galas and award shows, football and hockey games, dance festivals and musicals – then sent you. Plus, the Trudeau government blew more than $2.7 million on high-profile film and music festivals around the world, where they made taxpayer cash rain throwing expensive parties. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

Big news on the carbon tax! After pressure from Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporters, federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh signals his party may oppose the carbon tax. And British Columbia’s NDP government says it will scrap the provincial carbon tax if a future federal government removes the national requirement for one. We break down what this means for taxpayers like you, how much the carbon tax costs and why the tax is NOT and environmental solution. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

The Trudeau government spent $32,250 bankrolling an intersectional feminist report on the evils of outer space.   The report claims current approaches to outer space are “heavily Western, state-centric, militarized, masculinized, and colonial,” and encourage practices that are “racist, exploitative, elitist, and environmentally destructive.”   Plus, the feds are wasting $7 million of your money on a new ad campaign trying to convince Canadians the carbon tax is good.    All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.   Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

It took Parks Canada four years and $10,000 (of your tax dollars) before they captured a single frog in British Columbia.  All told, Parks Canada spent 15,000 hunting 101 frogs.  And don’t forget: Parks Canada also spent $800,000 getting foreign hunters to kill 84 deer out of a helicopter – that’s $10,000 a deer! You can mock Parks Canada for its frog hunt failure by picking up a brand-new t-shirt at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s online shop: https://shop.taxpayer.com/collections/t-shirts Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast 

The federal government won’t balance the budget until 2040, according to data released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer.   Between now and the time the budget is balanced in 2040, interest charges on the federal debt will cost taxpayers $847 billion, which amounts to more than $18,000 per Canadian.   Plus, we’ve released new polling on the CBC’s bonuses and the carbon tax-on-tax. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer Podcast.   Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

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 million in bonuses this year. Also: What would Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre do about CBC bonuses if he were prime minister? Franco has his answer! Latest on the bonuses at the CBC: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/feds-must-end-cbc-bonuses-now The bajillion numbers of stats on CBC’s ratings, viewership and spending on Indigenous programming: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/defund-the-cbc Sign the petition to defund the CBC and to stop government payments to media: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/defund-the-cbc-and-end-media-bailout Buy a DEFUND THE CBC T-shirt: https://shop.taxpayer.com/collections/t-shirts/products/defund-the-cbc-t-shirt Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast Hosts: Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Franco Terrazzano, Ryan Thorpe and Kris Sims.

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 Podcast.   Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

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 Canadians think of the Trudeau government’s taxing and spending.   All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.   Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast

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 and promoting a report that recommends a home equity tax. We break down why you’re right to be concerned that a home equity tax could right around the corner. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast