Archive for January, 2010

Neil Young: About 40 Years Late for a Grammy

A damned near travesty of overdue credit it was.  Neil Young’s legendary 1972 release, Harvest – including tacks like ‘Old Man‘ and ‘Heart of Gold‘  – and countless other masterpieces have gone for decades without due credit. While I’m probably overlooking several others for a self evident reason, Neil Young may well be the most [...]

January 30, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  3 Comments

NDP Gets It’s Talking Points From the Taxpayers Federation

Canada’s main socialist party is now getting its talking points from an organization that attacks the Conservatives for being too big a spenders?  Stranger things have happened, but David Christopherson, an MP from the Hamilton-Windsor area and the NDP democratic reform critic attacked the Harper government for its 5 Senate appointments today as a farce” [...]

January 29, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  2 Comments

Published in The Taxpayer ~ “Cash for Life” vs Retirement in the Senate

An edited version of the following article appears in the Fall 2009 edition of The Taxpayer.
On September 4th, 2009, an unnamed man near Windsor, Ontario (let’s call him, George) scratched his lottery ticket and won $1,000 a week guaranteed for the rest of his life. The ticket was part of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming [...]

January 29, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Published  2 Comments

Human Rights Commission Found in Breach of ATIP for CTF Requests

The Canadian “Human Rights” Commission (CHRC) has “placed itself in a position of deemed refusal” according to the Information Commissioner of Canada in response to complaints filed by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). After months of wrangling with the federal government’s chief censorship body, the CTF was able to obtain records from the CHRC revealing [...]

January 28, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  12 Comments

Senate Reform Interview on the Gary Doyle Show – 570 News

The following radio interview was broadcast live on the Gary Doyle Show, January 26, 2009
Click Here To Listen and go to the halfway point.
*Cross-Posted at taxpayerblog.com

January 27, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: TV & Radio  Comments Closed

Published in the National Post ~ Derek Fildebrandt: Make Senate reform a confidence vote

The following article appears in the January 25, 2010 edition of the National Post, & Canada Free Press.

Few politicians are thought to have Senate reform in their blood the way Prime Minister Stephen Harper does. Having campaigned for it beginning in the late 1980s and winning two general elections with it as a significant part [...]

January 25, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Published  One Comment

New Brunswick Leading the Way on Tax Relief

Yes, you heard that right.  Traditionally uncompetitive, have-not New Brunswick is leading the way in 2009 and 2010 on both lowering income taxes and, wait for it…flattening them.  Not a full flat tax mind you, but a dual rate, which would make its marginal rates second only to Alberta.
New Brunswickers will see by far the [...]

January 21, 2010   Posted in: Blog Content  2 Comments

Day-Oh?

The announcement today that Stockwell Day is moving to Treasury Board is an interesting move for the feds.  While the finance minister has repeatedly fended off legitimate questions about how savings will be found to balance the budget, Stockwell Day brings a great deal of credibility to this important portfolio as seen by his time [...]

January 19, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Blog Content  3 Comments