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Friends Don’t Let Friends Withhold Information

So the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting (let’s just call them ‘Friends’) are a little upset with us for upturning some of their financial dealings with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). We sort of expected that.
In their response we were delighted to read that contrary what we had been told by the CBC, “All members of [...]

February 3, 2012 Tags: Access to Information, ATIP, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, CBC, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting Posted in: Blog Content 3 Comments

Class of 06′ Qualifies for Pensions Today

Today, 39 MPs will join an excusive club of Canadians eligible for the best pension plan on the planet. These 39 MPs were first elected on January 23, 2006, meaning that as of today, they are vested and eligible to withdraw.

January 23, 2012 Tags: CTF, CTF Report on MP Pensions, Jim Flaherty, MP Pension, Tony Clement Posted in: Blog Content 2 Comments

Sun News Network: Peter MacKay’s Expense Claims

December 21, 2011 Tags: Access to Information, ATIP, Bay, Bayerischer Hof, Istanbul, Krista Erickson, Munich, Peter Mackay, Sun News Network, Waste Report Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio 2 Comments

CTF Uncovers Details of Mackay’s $5,925 Grey Cup Trip, $3,167 for Boston Seafood Show

-$4,752 for a flight to Edmonton and back
-$3,167 for a flight to Boston and back to attend a “seafood show”
Peter’s Excellent Adventure: Part II (Edmonton)
Defence Minister Peter Mackay spent $4,752 for two one-way plane tickets to go to the 2010 Grey Cup in Edmonton.
Using Access to Information requests, the CTF found that the Minister’s Toronto-to-Edmonton [...]

December 16, 2011 Tags: Access to Information, ATIP, Boston Seafood Show, CFL, Grey Cup, Peter Mackay Posted in: Blog Content 2 Comments

CTF Uncovers MacKay’s $1,452 a Night Hotel Tab

-$2,904 for two nights in Munich hotel
-$2,310 for three nights in Istanbul hotel
Peter’s Excellent Adventure: Part I
Defence Minister Peter MacKay charged taxpayers $2,904 for a two-night stay at the luxurious Bayerischer Hof when he went to a security conference in Munich, Germany in February of 2010. MacKay arrived in Munich after attending an informal meeting [...]

December 16, 2011 Tags: Access to Information, ATIP, Bayerischer Hof, Ceylon Intercontinental Hotel, Istanbul, Muich, Peter Mackay Posted in: Blog Content 10 Comments

Mystery Fleet of Government Jets Rarely Used

November 23, 2011 Tags: CBC, citation jets, Greg Weston, Jets, Peter Mansbridge, The Nationa, Waste Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio One Comment

MPs Tighten Their Ship in Advance of AG Report on Expenses

MPs are spending less on their personal and common budgets in advance of the Auditor General’s expected expense report early in the New Year. Total spending is down 6.5 per cent ($9.3 million) across the board this past year when comparing the 2010-11 and 2009-10 Member’s Expenditure Reports.
The primary reasons for this are as follows:

60 [...]

November 9, 2011 Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed

Navy’s Dud-Sub Fiasco

November 9, 2011 Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio Comments Closed

Slow-Speed Police Chase with the Debt Clock

The CTF decided to bring it’s National Debt Clock to the Conservative Convention this past weekend to remind the Tories that they are still borrowing $1, 024 a second. While that message was warmly welcomed by a large fiscal-conservative and libertarian component of the convention, not everyone took so kindly to the friendly reminder.

Someone with [...]

June 14, 2011 Tags: Conservative Convention, Conservative Convention 2011, Debt Clock, National Debt Clock, Police Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed