taxpayers
Political parties need to pay for short terms
City taxpayers left holding the bag as Vision politicians look for greener pastures Just over six months ago, Park Commissioner Constance Barnes was re-elected by Vancouver voters for another three-year term. This week we found out that, in addition to ... Read More »
Quebec students should fight against entitlement, not tuition costs
Marshall reminds us that "our generation has it pretty darn good" Imagine the hardships Quebec students striking against the province’s proposed post-secondary tuition increase have had to endure these past few months. It must be tough juggling that soy latte ... Read More »
Metro Vancouver should stick to core services
Regional districts are taking on the duties of provincial governments. Is it time to step back? What was once a simple sewer, water and garbage-disposal utility has become a bureaucratic, democratically unaccountable spending machine. It’s time to move the Metro ... Read More »
BC’s unions still don’t understand Net Zero
Net zero saved B.C. taxpayers $3 billion this year. That’s seven per cent of the entire budget. Sometimes the chattering classes criticize policies (rarely, but it happens). Usually it’s politics (and sometimes, personalities). Policies and politics are part of government, ... Read More »
Exclusive: Corrigan Arizona junket features trip to cabaret, 2 days golf, MLB game
Burnaby's Mayor Derek Corrigan takes his wife Kathy, eight colleagues and two of their spouses on taxpayer-funded junket As we’ve been deluged with rain over these last several weeks I admit I was jealous when I saw Burnaby Mayor Derek ... Read More »
TransLink must cut costs, starting with its cops
As regional mayors and the B.C. government consider giving TransLink up to two dozen new taxation tools, it is becoming clear that there are problems within the transit authority. Whistleblowers and media have pointed out concerns about nepotism, security, U-passes, ... Read More »
Tapping into health care data to save lives and reduce costs
In British Columbia we are overlooking a vault of public treasure. If we allowed people we trust to open it, and analyze the treasure within, we could save thousands of lives and, potentially, billions of dollars in B.C. alone. This ... Read More »
First the Whine, Then the Wine
Taxpayer-funded dining like the one Heather Deal documented in Halifax uncovered again. FOI shows BC municipal politicians racked up food & booze bills at UBCM After the whine, came the wine—all on the taxpayers’ tab. You may recall the Union ... Read More »
Think “net zero” means no increase? Think again.
Net zero still means $460M in additional labour costs to government annually There has been a lot of talk lately about the BC government's bargaining position of net-zero with its employees. In an effort to help balance the books, the ... Read More »
The Taxpayer Debate: Bateman responds with CTF position on ‘balancing priorities’
Investment in public infrastructure requires public's willingness to pay It’s always interesting to watch people try and twist what we at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation do, in order to create some sort of boogeyman to attack. The latest effort comes ... Read More »
