KILLING KYOTO

From Johannesburg South Africa in 2002, Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced that he expected Parliament to ratify the Kyoto Protocol Canada signed 5 years earlier along with 160 other nations committing to reductions in man-made carbon emissions....
EXPENSE TRANSPARENCY

Exposing bureaucrats and politicians traveling, wining and dining on the taxpayers’ dime has been a long-time priority of the CTF. In fact, the CTF’s flagship event each year, the Teddy Waste Awards, are named after one of Ottawa’s most prolific expenders of fine dining: Ted Weatherill....
ALBERTA HEALTH TAX ABOLITION

Most public policy victories involve other advocates. But not in this instance. In 2003 when the CTF initiated a campaign to abolish Alberta’s health tax it was ignored by mainstream media and dismissed by decision makers. But the case against the health tax was clear: it did not pay for health care, it had nothing to do with insurance, it was costly to administer, and it was regressive. The CTF published analysis, distributed commentaries, and used polling data to demonstrate public opposition. With each passing year, CTF directors marched in a mounting pile of petitions to lawmakers and made the case. First, it was opposition parties that came on side followed by the government eliminating the health tax … for seniors. Momentum had swung!...
DEDICATED GAS TAXES

Each year the CTF holds Gas Tax Honesty Day which blows the whistle on government tax gouging at the pumps and demands gas taxes be reinvested into roads and infrastructure. Unbeknownst to most consumers, a third of the pump price of gasoline is tax!...