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CTF Uneasy About Upcoming Federal Budget

By Gord Wiebe Apr 15, 2021 7:31 AM On April 19, Canada’s Finance Minister will deliver a budget for the first time in two years; and, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is worried. Whatever Chrystia Freeland plans, the CTF says this much is certain, the amount of red ink will surge past any other deficit records in Canada’s modern history. The federation says the most recent estimate projects the deficit for 2020 will reach $360 billion. The Federation says the Liberal government spent $271 billion in 2020 in pandemic-related measures alone. According to CTF, the temporary spending measures must be wound down and the government needs to avoid implementing expensive new permanent programs.

O Toole s climate plan the worst of both worlds

With their new climate plan, O’Toole’s Conservatives are simply retreating to a new hill, Max Fawcett writes. Photo via Erin O Toole / Flickr At long last, after years of fudging and filibustering, the Conservative Party of Canada has a climate plan. And if the early returns are any indication, it might be the worst of both worlds a policy that will simultaneously infuriate many of the party’s most fervent supporters and underwhelm Canadian voters who care about climate change. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which had been in lockstep with federal Conservatives on their shared opposition to the Trudeau government’s carbon tax and rebate, let party leader Erin O’Toole have it with both barrels. “It’s outrageous that O’Toole is now planning to hammer Canadians with higher fuel bills through his very own carbon tax,” said Franco Terrazzano, the CTF’s Alberta director. “When he was running for leader, O’Toole pledged to taxpayers that he would fight carb

MPs call on Ottawa to make face masks, work-related PPE tax-deductible

MPs call on Ottawa to make face masks, work-related PPE tax-deductible cbc.ca 1 hour ago Elizabeth Thompson © Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press A women cleans the store front window while wearing her protective mask in Toronto on December 17, 2020. Opposition critics are calling on Canada to follow the lead of countries like the United States and Australia by making work-related purchases of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) tax-deductible. Conservative revenue critic Philip Lawrence said making PPE tax-deductible would relieve the financial pressure on low-income workers who have to protect themselves on the job. I think a lot of the people who are working but perhaps being paid minimum wage, who are just trying to scrape by . they are putting themselves in harm s way by being those front line workers out there. We should be doing everything we can to make sure they are safe, said Lawrence.

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