#48 Payette Getting Paid for Life, Trudeau’s Second Carbon Tax, and Costa Rica Vacation Costs Revealed
News at the Top – Payette Getting Paid for Life
Former Governor General Julie Payette is still eligible for a $200,000-expense account and that needs to end.
Our B.C. Director Kris Sims breaks down the whole mess with Federal Director Aaron Wudrick.
Link: https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/egan-royal-rip-off-departing-gg-worked-40-months-gets-150k-pension-for-life
Deep Dive – Trudeau’s Second Carbon Tax
Everyone has heard about the prime minister’s carbon tax, which will be going up by about 467 per cent by 2030.
He also buried a second carbon tax within so-called clean fuel regulations?
Our Alberta Director Franco Terrazzano joins Kris to go through all the regulations.
Link: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds-criticized-for-clean-fuel-rules-that-hit-poorest-households-hardest-1.5241982
SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/scrap-the-federal-carbon-tax
Waste Watch – Costa Rica Vacation Costs Revealed
Back in 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took his family to Costa Rica. Our investigative reporter James Wood dug up the price tag for that vacation travel, and it wasn’t cheap.
Link: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/trudeau%E2%80%99s-2019-tropical-family-vacation-cost-taxpayers-nearly-200,000?id=18877
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