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City Hall admits Rail Deck Park is 99.9 per cent unfunded
January 21, 2021
Toronto, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is sounding the alarm after a shocking email from Torontoâs budget and finance department revealing that Rail Deck Park is currently more than “99.9 per cent unfunded.â
âTorontoâs broke, but now we find out Mayor John Tory and city councillors have zero plan to pay for their multi-billion-dollar park pipedream,â said Jasmine Moulton, Ontario Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. âIn Canada, youâre not even allowed to buy a cheap house with less than five per cent for a down payment, yet Toronto plans to undertake a multi-billion-dollar project with less than 0.1 per cent of the funding figured out.â
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling for British Columbia's recall legislation to be expanded to local governments."We can take pride that Bri.
OPINION | Ottawa needs to fight more effectively for the carbon tax
In an environment where misinformation thrives, and where one side has repeatedly shown its willingness to spread it about the carbon tax, the Trudeau Liberals may have to fight fire with something other than wood, says Max Fawcett.
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Lies and deceit keep spreading because feds have done a lousy job explaining how tax and rebates work
Posted: Jan 19, 2021 5:00 AM MT | Last Updated: January 20
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government have done a very poor job of explaining the carbon tax to Canadians, says Max Fawcett.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
Alberta Recall Law in the Works Following MLA Controversies
Dissatisfied citizens in Alberta will soon be able to remove their legislators from elected office, something one advocate believes is also necessary in other Canadian jurisdictions.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced in early January that MLA recall legislation will be introduced in the spring.
This came after Kenney removed MLA Pat Rehn from the United Conservative Party (UCP) caucus for travelling abroad over the holidays, as well as for ignoring “calls from me, UCP caucus leadership, and his constituents” to “be more present in his constituency” of Lesser Slave Lake.
“This whole story shows why we need recall legislation that works for Albertans and for the rest of Canada, so it can let us hold politicians accountable,” says Franco Terrazzano, Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.