By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF.“You can’t put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken,” TV’s Dr. Phil once opined. Premier Christy Clark and Finance Minister Mike de Jong would do well to remember that advice...

By Gregory Thomas, CTF. When Canada’s annual budget deficit came in bigger than expected at $26.2 billion recently, the news didn’t spark a sell-off in the markets or an emergency debate in parliament. But that doesn’t mean...

By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. Every time B.C. taxpayers think MLAs will put their expenses out, they pull them back in. In August, rocked by public pressure and a scathing report from the Auditor General on their...

Submitted. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today rejected B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix’s announcement that an NDP government would repeal B.C.’s balanced budget legislation.

By Gregory Thomas, CTF. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on Canada’s Members of Parliament to follow the example of Alberta Premier Alison Redford by banning expense claims for alcohol and putting all their expense receipts...

By Jordan Bateman, BC CFT. They say dead men tell no lies. That may never be truer than in the cutthroat blood-sport of B.C. politics. Consider Martyn Brown, the former chief of staff for Gordon Campbell and...

By Jordan Bateman, BC CTF. Former B.C. Premier W.A.C. Bennett once had a cabinet minister tell him he would treat taxpayers’ money as if it were his own. “Oh, no, you won’t,” Bennett said, “not as long...

By Cee Archer. One only has to follow the news to find out that the world is slanted a bit crooked. Does anyone other than me find it strange that the Pope has a butler? Why does...

By Jordan Bateman, BCCTF. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded Premier Christy Clark today for announcing that private-public pay equity will be up for debate at this fall’s B.C. Liberal convention.

By Jordan Bateman. If you could put a loonie into a machine and get $23.30 out every time, would you ever stop? Probably not.