Official site of the CANADIAN TAXPAYERS FEDERATION a citizens advocacy group dedicated to lower taxes, less waste and accountable government.
Testimonials
You can't be around for as long as we have with out causing some buzz. Here's a small sampling of what some of those in the media -- and a few politicians -- have to say about the CTF ... including some comments of the more colourful variety!
CTV News, May 26, 2011: Nova Scotia Finance Minister Graham Steele reacts to CTF revelations that province has the highest gas taxes in Atlantic Canada.
An influential lobby group says Ottawa needs to ditch the Indian Act and give First Nations more control over their land to end aboriginal poverty … The Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- architects of a campaign to open up chiefs' books to the public that was instrumental in recent federal legislation to publish salaries and benefits -- is now urging Ottawa to treat First Nations people like everyone else.
-- Canadian Press
January 15, 2013
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants Ottawa to grant First Nations full control over their lands while helping young aboriginal people leave economically bleak communities in search of a better life … The influential lobby group is also calling on the federal government to get rid of the Indian Act … The taxpayers federation has had the ear of the Harper government on aboriginal issues in the past -- successfully lobbying the feds to force chiefs to reveal their salaries and benefits. -- Winnipeg Free Press, January 16, 2012
-- Winnipeg Free Press
February 16, 2013
There should soon be a federal law requiring aboriginal politicians to make public their pay and benefits, but for now, this information is available only when courageous politicians such as Chief Peterson voluntarily disclose or through the research efforts of organizations such as the CTF.
-- (Lorne Gunter on reserve transparency situation and the Nova Scotia Chief who agreed to let band members decide her pay) National Post, January 5, 2012
January 05, 2012
We’re indebted to the CTF for the following information – so much more interesting than the propaganda you’ll find in the Liberal Red Book … the $100-billion in tax cuts the federal Liberals promised you over the next five years … is really about half that.
-- Editorial, Sun Newspaper Chain
December 01, 2000
Who says the private sector isn't more efficient? In fact, the events of last week would seem to make a compelling case for privatizing Alberta's opposition, in as much as we have one. The Alberta office of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) was doing the work that 11 opposition MLAs were unable -- or unwilling, most likely -- to do; namely, expose the outrageous shenanigans that culminated in massive pay raises for the premier and his cabinet. The swift and comprehensive news release issued by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation was exactly what should have been churned out by an opposition party worthy of it's title. If the two opposition parties think they can inspire excitement among Albertans with the prospect of unification, maybe they should first figure out why a bare-bones advocacy group is doing a better job of holding this government accountable.
-- Ron Breakenridge
Calgary Herald
June 01, 2008
The Federation has become one of the province’s – if not the country’s – most effective interest groups.
-- BC Business Magazine
July 01, 1996
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s role is ‘to advocate the common interest of taxpayers.’ We thought that was the job of the politicians, who appear to be increasingly taking their directions from the CTF.
-- Lead editorial
Cape Breton Post
February 24, 2013
The CTF...has an impressive reputation as a genuine burr in the backsides of the oldtime political parties of all ideological persuasions.
-- Globe and Mail
January 01, 1993
Apparently all it takes to light a fire under Conservative leader Stephen Harper is a critical press release from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. In which case, we hope the CTF keeps up the good work … by mid-week Harper was spouting off on the need for the federal government to offer tax relief to Canadians in the form of cuts to the gas tax.
-- Lead Editorial, Edmonton Sun
August 01, 2005
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation led the fight to end [bracket] creep.
-- Edmonton Journal
February 01, 2000
The Federation is an important and valued voice in decision making...nowhere is this more evident than in the leading role that the Federation played in educating Canadians about bracket creep and building support for re-indexation of the tax system.
-- Hon. Paul Martin, MP, Former Minister of Finance
March 01, 2000
Tax-on-tax unfair to Alberta Drivers -- "Lord knows the Canadian Taxpayers Federation isn't perfect ... But, it's worth remembering that this relatively small-but-effective lobby exists for one reasons: to wrestle our tax dollars out of the greedy maw of government and back into the hands of the people." [PDF]
-- Edmonton Sun
May 29, 2011
...organizations such as the Canadian Taxpayers Federation can be quoted so often in the media that I sometimes feel they are a kind of shadow government.
-- Published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, The Missing News by Robert A.Hackett & Richard Gruneau et. al.
November 30, -1
There should soon be a federal law requiring aboriginal politicians to make public their pay and benefits, but for now, this information is available only when courageous politicians such as Chief Peterson voluntarily disclose or through the research efforts of organizations such as the CTF.
(Lorne Gunter on reserve transparency situation and the Nova Scotia Chief who agreed to let band members decide her pay) National Post, January 5, 2012
-- Lorne Gunter, National Post
January 05, 2012
It’s like a Playboy magazine for taxpayers. Titillating, eyebrow raising, a bit shocking. The pages of The Taxpayer are bountiful with information and numbers that rivet attention.
-- Vancouver Sun
January 01, 1992
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation knows a boondoggle when it sees one.
-- Ottawa Sun
June 01, 1998
Two words come to mind when a taxpayer's attention is drawn to the fattened pension scheme with which members of Parliament have endowed themselves at our expense: daylight robbery! A scandalous situation that has persisted for years in plain sight was recently high-lighted by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation … Governments at all levels are finding their employee-pension burden unsustainable and are planning cutbacks … The Taxpayers Federation should be thanked for making it clear precisely where the cutting should start.
-- Lead Editorial
Montreal Gazette
January 27, 2012
The shocking revelation of sky-high band council salaries on many Canadian reserves was an eye-opener for citizens, and a feather in its cap for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which pried loose the hard-to-get information.
-- Don Cayo, Vancouver Sun
December 01, 2010
The Fuller Brush of fiscal rectitude
-- Ottawa Citizen
March 01, 1994
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is an effective watchdog against government spending abuses … for its exposes and efforts, the Federation deserves plaudits and contributions.
-- Financial Post
December 01, 1996
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation remains a high-profile voice fighting government waste and inefficiency.
-- Adam Daifallah, National Post
June 08, 2011
Only the Canadian Taxpayers Federation denounced the [Bombardier] deal.
-- Montreal Gazette
May 01, 2005
The CTF has a track record when it comes to successfully tilting at windmills.
-- Editorial
Montreal Gazette
January 01, 2003
The dearth of new taxes may be the result of an unprecedented grassroots protest that began in the West and steamrolled East. Some 17,000 ordinary people turned up in February at anti-tax rallies from Victoria to Halifax, they swore and shed tears in gyms and town halls. They organized not in reaction but in pre-action. And by the time they’d drawn their lines in the snowy landscape of a Canadian winter, Parliament Hill was encircled, feeling the full force of people power.
-- Vancouver Sun
February 01, 1995
[Nova Scotia] Finance Minister Graham Steele and Kevin Lacey of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation traded shots over taxation. Steele accuses the Taxpayer's Federation of being 'a right-wing, anti-tax organization that has no commitment to fairness or accuracy,' that has 'misrepresented the data...' Looks like Kevin Lacey and the federation have touched a nerve. Keep up the good work.
Rick Howe, Talkshow host News 95.7 Halifax May, 26, 2011
-- Nova Scotia] Finance Minister Graham Steele -- Rick Howe, Talkshow host
News 95.7 Halifax
May 26, 2011
Comments by Issue
Click on the following links for quotes concerning the Canadian Taxpayers Federation on selected issues:
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“We have to somehow make Stephen Harper see the error of his ways. He should read - or reread "Atlas Shrugged". Thank you for your work.”
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“The Conservatives simply must get this buget balanced. Enough is enough. Just have a good look at what's happening in Greece and to our neighbors to the south! ”
Stuart C. Murray| Donated $
“In response to your articles on what the Ontario government is considering to do to raise revenue in GTA, I am fed up with the non-imaginative approach of the government in dealing with the debt situation. Even though, I'm in Northern Ontario does not mean that we would not be affected.”
Michael Wiebe| Donated $ 55.00
“KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO - THANK-YOU”
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“Keep up the good work keeping the spenders toes to the fire!”
Eric Carlson| Donated $
“I'm furious about the 14% PST tax hike! Saying it's a 1% tax hike is wrong. It may be a one percentile increase but it's a 14% increase in the PST.
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“You guys have been getting the donations I used to give to the Conservatives. Keep up the good work, Phil H”
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“I can always tell when Selenger is lying, that is when he starts moving his lips”
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“We do not mind paying our fair share of taxes to any level of government. We simply ask to spend it wisely without frivolous waste, keeping in mind there is only one taxpayer not 'three' supporting three levels of government.
A. Ord”
Alex G. Ord| Donated $
“Cant wait to get the Taxpayers Playboy! Keep up the good work!”
Rob Lutz| Donated $
“get your hands out of our pockets. make do with what is already taken and spend within set limits. time to show some restraint. the taxwell has run dry.”
robert livingstonb| Donated $
“Keep up the great work. It`s time we take down and remove some of the corrupt politicians in Federal as well as Provincial and City offices. We can no longer allow these politicians to continue to raise our taxes when all they are doing is lining their own pockets and filling up their pensions, ”
Bill Hanson| Donated $
“I deeply appreciate the work CTF does. It is invaluable. Thank-you for doing what we as individuals cannot.”
Rudy Derksen| Donated $
“Keep up the good work. Make government accountable to the taxpayer.
Thanks
GB”
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