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Army Run Update
Supporters:
We are closing in on the goal of raising $600 for the Army Run in support of injured soldiers and military families. At $355, we are 59% of the way there!
I’ve been training hard to not completely embarrass myself, but there is still more to do in raising money and getting me ready for 21 [...]
September 5, 2010
Tags: Army Run, Half-Marathon, Marathon, Military Families Fund, Soldier On, Soldier On Program Posted in: Blog Content 
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Libs Rip-Off Taxpayers Fed “Teddy” Awards
The Liberal Party of Canada ripped-off the annual “Teddy Waste Awards” today, an annual event hosted by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The Teddy Awards – which hand out “Golden Sows” at an event to unwilling recipients for wasting taxpayers’ money – was held for the 12th year in a row this past March.
Hours ago, Liberal [...]
August 24, 2010
Tags: Alexandra Mendes, Liberal Party of Canada, Teddies, Teddy Waste Awards, Wayne Easter Posted in: Blog Content 3 Comments
Will the Real Rough Riders Please Stand Up?
The most divisive debates in Canadian society normally revolve around two things: language and region. East versus west, French versus English, Toronto versus the Rest of Canada. We are united in our disunity. At the centre of both language and regional tensions is a 100 year dispute between Ottawa and Saskatchewan, or more eloquently, between [...]
August 9, 2010
Tags: Canadian Football League, CFL, Grey Cup, Ottawa Rough Riders, Rough Riders, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Maple Leafs Posted in: Blog Content 2 Comments
Tax Pirates to Storm Ashore in Atlantic Canada
The Telegraph Journal is reporting that the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is eying an office in Halifax in order to establish a regional pressence as Atlantic Canada’s taxpayer watchdog. As a CTF director, I know nothing about this (…) but in the spirit of injecting some excitment into Atlantic Canada’s political sphere, I’ve included a [...]
July 21, 2010
Tags: Atlantic Canada, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, The Real Mckenzies Posted in: Blog Content One Comment
10% of the Problem: MP Junk Mail
An edited version of the following article appeared in the Winter 2009 edition of The Taxpayer. Since this article’s publishing, Parliament has taken steps to limit the practice of “10 percenters.”
What is another word for ‘free money’ on Parliament Hill? ‘Taxpayer money’, ‘your money’, ‘not my money’ are all fair synonyms. It’s therefore [...]
July 20, 2010
Tags: 10, 10 percenters, The Taxpayer Posted in: Blog Content, Published One Comment
Germany Breaking Under Weight of EU: What Parallels with Canada ?
The European Union (EU) has many fascinating parallels with the Canadian federation. Unspoken by many, the most obvious is that it is propped-up primarily by only two members: Germany and Britain in the EU and by Ontario and Alberta (now joined by BC and Saskatchewan) in Canada.
The corruption that fiscal dependency has wreaked on EU [...]
June 21, 2010
Tags: Demographics, European Union, Germany, Mark Steyn Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
The Death of My Support for the HST
Until today I was a grudging (and rare) holdout of support for Ontario’s move from an archaic PST to a more universal HST. With a single capitulation to threats of blockades by radical native groups, the federal Conservatives and provincial Liberals – backed by both opposition parties – have ensured that there are no parties [...]
June 16, 2010
Tags: Caledonia, Dalton McGunity, HST, Tim Hudak Posted in: Blog Content One Comment
Long-Gun Registry Vote Scenarios
Below are a few scenarios as to how the vote on Bill C-391 could turn out. But first, the context.
The federal long-gun registry has finally begun to stare death in the face as it emerges from the Public Safety Committee. As every opposition member on the committee is staunchly supportive of [...]
June 4, 2010
Tags: Bill C-391, Bloc Québécois, Candice Hoeppner, Conservative Party of Canada, Liberal Party of Canada, Long-Gun Registry, Michael Ignatieff, NDP, Public Safely Committee Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
More Faux-Green Taxes for Ontario?
Less than two weeks ago, Frank Klees quoted the CTF’s Gas Tax Honesty Report in Question Period at Queen’s Park, stating that, “the only thing that should surprise Ontarians about Dalton McGuinty is if he doesn’t surprise them with new taxes after every election.” Well today, Premier McGuinty’s thrice appointed environment commissioner began banging the [...]
June 1, 2010
Tags: Carbon Tax, Dalton McGuinty, Environment, Environmental Commissioner, Frank Klees, Gas Tax Honesty, Gord Miller, John Gerretsen, Ontario Liberal Party, Ontario Minister of the Envionment, Ontario PC Party, Ontario Politics, Road Tolls Posted in: Blog Content 3 Comments
Canadian Heritage Moment: Chretien Hangs Mulroney
With former prime minister Jean Chretien now firmly attached to the walls of Parliament (again), its time to remember the last prime minister to hang. And no, Kim Campbell doesn’t count.
In 2002, Brian Mulroney’s portrait was added to the majestic halls of Parliament Hill’s Centre Block outside of the House of Commons. As usual, there [...]
May 31, 2010
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