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 OUR FEDERAL BUDGET SUBMISSION HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Backgrounder-carbon-tax-rebate-cost.pdf
Liquor Taxes on a Bender
Imagine hearing two bartenders whispering about running up your bill. That would set off a few alarm bells. It turns out that is exactly what the federal government is doing as it overindulges in tax hikes for beer and liquor each year, without a vote in Parliament.
READ OUR REPORT HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/government-liquor-tax-hike-bender-needs-to-end
Waste Watch: Global Affairs Drops Over $40,000 On Fancy Furniture
While most Canadians spent the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic tightening their belts, Global Affairs Canada was outfitting overseas diplomatic offices with over $40,000 in custom furniture produced by an Ottawa-based designer.
READ MORE: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/global-affairs-canada-spends-41k-on-fancy-custom-furniture-for-overseas-diplomatic-offices
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#145 Corporate welfare costs $5 million/job
#144 Debt interest = $1 billion/week
#143 Trudeau gives Quebec special carbon tax deal
#142 Canada’s tax revolt
#141 Governor General Gravy Train
#140 Fighting Trudeau’s online censorship
#139 Trudeau losing on carbon tax
#138 Trudeau’s $1 million “affordability” retreats
#137 A scam app and a scam tax
#136 Bonuses, bureaucratic boondoggles & hotel bills
#135 Trudeau and CBC president squirm
#134 Taxpayers getting gouged at the pumps
#133 Trudeau’s carbon tax is about politics, not the planet
#132 Feds hike inflation then hike interest rates
#131 Trudeau Hammers Taxpayers With a Second Carbon Tax
#130 Trudeau saving money wrong
#129 Taxes up. MP pay up. We’re fed up.
#128 CBC’s Big Bonuses and Six-Figure Salaries
#127 Taxpayers launch legal challenge against Trudeau government
#126 Governor General’s $40K pandemic pay hike
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