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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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.taxpa ..read more

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  ..read more

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 ..read more

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-bonu ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast ..read more