Category: Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Wynning!

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In her endless thirst to confiscate more money from taxpayers, Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne is planning on a tax increase for air travelers in her province:

The fuel tax, currently at 2.7 cents per litre, will jump to 6.7 cents by 2017, under Ontario’s budget proposal — an “unbelievably punitive” hike according to Ben Smith, Air Canada’s chief commercial officer. Smith isn’t wrong. Airlines, which continue as barely profitable in 2014, operate on the tightest of margins. The hike is expected to cost Air Canada alone more than $50-million next year. To put this figure into context, the airline generated just $50-million in net profit in 2012.

Sadly, Leftists like Wynne, have never understood the Law of Unintended Consequences:

So news of Ontario’s fuel tax hike is sure to set hearts aflutter at U.S. border airports. The tax increase is expected to direct an additional 300,000 to 400,000 Canadian passengers to U.S. airports, according to Canada’s National Airlines Council. This will do serious damage to Canada’s airports, critical generators of job growth, and thus the Canadian economy overall.

h/t Peter J.

Vancouver’s Unfolding “Povertygate”

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The recent revelations of the luxurious spending of the Portland Hotel Society appear to be just the opening chapter in a long tale of corruption and greed. The National Post’s Brian Hutchinson had much to say this morning:

Among the astonishments in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, its heavily subsidized misery and decay, are the politicians. They rule in perpetuity while producing, well, what?
Mr. Small was a handsomely compensated and increasingly well-travelled executive with the PHS Community Services Society (PHS), the biggest, most aggressive social services provider in the neighbourhood, a $28-million-a-year giant funded almost entirely by tax dollars, most from provincial coffers, with millions more in federal funding topping things off.
A smile, she has said, “is worth a thousand bucks.” But a toot across Europe costs a lot more, as she has just discovered. In her case, $34,992.27, at least.

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Great Moments in Socialism

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Any Canadian who follows politics is well aware that a few times each year the Canadian Centre for Policy Failure Alternatives comes out with some new “paper” insisting that minimum wages across the country need to be dramatically raised to a “livable wage”. This then causes politicians and business leaders to duck for cover for a few weeks until the PR campaign gets pushed out of the news cycle.
Such has been the case in America this past week. In a well coordinated campaign, organized by the militant SEIU, their more than willing comrades in the media, have done their best to paint a bleak picture for restaurant workers everywhere.
Bill O’Reilly shares some personal thoughts on the matter.
Update: Here’s a brief mathematical analysis of the situation.   h/t Maureen

Is it Time to Privatize Canada Post?

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Andrew Coyne thinks so. Here’s part of his argument:

An elderly Winnipeg couple had their mail service abruptly cut off because their front steps were judged a safety hazard, being two inches taller than the 12-inch maximum;
Homeowners who post a “no flyer” notice on their mailbox have received letters from Canada Post warning them that by refusing to accept delivery of junk mail they are missing out on a chance to be “connected with your local community”;
The corporation has fallen back into its old habit of losing money, after more than a decade in the black. A study by the Conference Board of Canada projects annual losses of $1 billion by the end of the decade. Indeed, as the National Post’s John Ivison has reported, Canada Post itself predicts it will run out of cash as early as next spring, helped along by a $5.9-billion unfunded liability in its pension plan;
It has, however, settled a three-decade old suit with the Public Service Alliance of Canada over pay-equity claims, at an estimated total cost of $250 million;
Meanwhile, the corporation cannot explain what it got in return for hiring Dave Dingwall, the former Liberal cabinet minister, as a consultant, at a cost of a million dollars over six years.

No Sympathy for Canada’s Big Three Wireless Firms

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The federal government appears fed up with the multimillion-dollar advertising campaign by Telus, Bell, & Rogers, attacking Ottawa’s strategy to attract foreign telecommunications companies.

In an interview with The Globe and Mail, [James] Moore compared Canada’s wireless players to North American auto makers of decades past that faced a wave of foreign competitors. “I am quite certain that in the 1980s, Chrysler and GM and Ford were making arguments that we don’t need Hondas and we don’t need Toyotas and we don’t need BMWs, we don’t need Audis in Canada,” he said in an interview. “I think more competition has served us very well in the auto sector.”

As expected, the usual suspects disagree with the Tories and tacitly or explicitly support the Big Three.
Update: Here’s a well written piece by Ben Klass, providing an historical perspective on the matter.

BC Election: Time for a Rethink?

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Many BC voters loathe Christy Clark. And for good reason. She’s as phoney as a $3 bill and sincere as a pawn shop owner in Vegas. Voting for her BC Liberal party is not something one would do with any enthusiasm.
But as the May 14th election draws near, the province’s numero uno socialist/communist, Adrian Dix, is getting more brazen with his pronouncements. This and this and this and this, amongst many others, are very disturbing. As the lead architect behind Glen Clark’s failed government, which bankrupted the province, the notion that Dix is openly flaunting similar policies, which are certain to have the same end effect, is revolting.
Update: Ezra Levant discusses BC’s “Energy Election” with Alise Mills.

The Great Divide Between Canada’s Private & Public Sector

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Yesterday I had dinner with a visiting cousin of mine. He was born in 1950 and grew up on a farm in central Saskatchewan. In more recent years he has lived in suburban Alberta and has built a successful career as a contract maintenance supervisor. My cousin is a big, burly guy who might best be described as “salt of the earth” and an absolutely decent, down-to-earth fellow.
He’s not particularly political but we did delve into the subject because of this story in the newspaper: B.C.’s retiring MLAs to hit pension jackpot thanks to taxpayers’ generosity
This morning I was checking out the latest videos at Sun News and watched this segment: LCBO staff vote to strike
Tying these two disparate news items together, what’s the underlying message to private sector workers in this country? Might it not involve the word “suckers”?! When even normally apolitical taxpayers are upset, surely change has got to be coming.

Canada’s Destructive Teachers’ Unions in 2013: Out of Place, Out of Time

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More than a few Canadians have noticed how incredibly backwards and downright unruly public sector teachers’ unions across Canada continue to be. Listening to the rhetoric of their leaders, one should be forgiven for thinking they’ve been transported back to a 1920’s Marxist-Communist rally. Not too long ago Margarete Wente wrote a column about the Ontario Teachers’ Union. A few days ago Jon Ferry did the same about the BC Teachers’ Union.
Today, Roy Green discussed Ferry’s column with him. It’s well worth a listen!

Would Canada’s Real Conservative Party Please Stand Up

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Canada’s 375,000 federal public employees now make, on average, $114,000 in salary & benefits. This amount is expected to rise to $129,800 in the next 3 years.
The report which revealed these figures was released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. It also stated the following:

“Total compensation (per full-time employee) in the federal workforce outpaced not only CPI (inflation), but also that of the Canadian business sector and provinces and territories over the study period.”

Greg Thomas, of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, discusses these outrageous revelations.

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