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
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CTF and Manning Centre Internship Program
Applications are now open for students to apply for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) and Manning Centre’s joint internship program. The Manning Centre and CTF (along with several other advocacy groups) partnered with the Manning Centre last summer to give students a chance to work on the front-lines of the taxpayer’s movement and acquire excellent [...]
February 9, 2010
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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
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