MP Pension Rip-off Will Cost Taxpayers at Least $277 Million

OTTAWA, ON: With only a few days to go before the 6th anniversary of the 2006 election, the CTF has released a report estimating that the cost to retire the entire 41st Parliament in 2015 is at least $262 million in cumulative pensions and $15 million in severance payoffs.CTF'S PENSION REPORT | CAMPAIGN PAGESIGN PETITION Read more »

CTF Releases Nation-Wide Tax Changes for New Year

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) released its annual New Year Tax Changes calculations today, which provide projected personal income and payroll tax changes taking effect January 1, 2012.>>BC NEWS RELEASE Read more »

Victory! CTF Applauds Re-introduction of Reserve Chief & Council Salary Disclosure Bill

WINNIPEG, MB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded the federal government today for responding to its call to fix and re-introduce legislation that forces politicians to publicly disclose their salaries. Read more »

CTF Applauds Harper Government's PRPP Initiative

VANCOUVER, BC: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is applauding the Pooled Retirement Pension Plan (PRPP) legislation introduced in the House of Commons today by the Harper Government. Read more »

Harper government betrays voters on balanced-budget promise

OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is urging the Harper government to honour its election promise made exactly seven months ago to balance the federal budget by 2014-15 and cut spending to get the job done. Read more »

CTF applauds overdue plan to scrap long-gun registry

OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded the Harper government for introducing legislation today in the House of Commons to scrap the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry. Read more »

CTF calls on Harper government to uphold firing of porn-surfing bored bureaucrat

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Harper government to keep bored porn-surfing bureaucrat Franklin Andrews from returning to his job as a Canadian foreign service officer. Read more »

Unfair Labour Day

Just in time for Labour Day, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is highlighting the latest Statistics Canada data on the most serious labour issue in Canada – the growing gap between the pay, pensions and benefits of government employees and what everybody else is getting. Read more »

Transparency groups urge Commons inquiry into RCMP dropping Access to Info Act investigation

The BC Freedom of Information Assoc, the CTF and Newspapers Canada are urging hearings be held into a RCMP decision to drop its criminal investigation into a federal Conservative staffer who blocked the release of documents requested under Access of Information. Read more »

Changing of the Guard (dog) at Taxpayers Federation

OTTAWA / EDMONTON / VICTORIA: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gregory Thomas as Federal Director. Read more »