Tax Talk with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Jordan Bateman looks at another of the 107 taxes, fees and levies charged on new housing in the City of Vancouver - the electric vehicle charging station requirement, which can cost builders as much as $400,000.

Jordan Bateman looks at just one of the 107 taxes, fees or levies put on new housing in Vancouver - TransLink's $300,000 demand for an "overhead trolley wire watcher."

The feds, province and City of Vancouver charge at least 107 taxes, fees or levies on new home construction. Don't believe us? Jordan Bateman has the list.

Don't let the politicians and bureaucrats off the hook: they contribute to the rising cost of housing too. In the City of Vancouver, new housing is subject to at least 107 taxes, fees and levies - meaning a $294,691 condo has to sell for $403,809 - just to cover the tax bill. Jordan Bateman​ has more.

Ontario and Alberta's tax-and-spend governments are racing to bring in an assortment of carbon taxes, and our CTF directors, Paige MacPherson and Christine Van Geyn are battling them every step of the way. Paige, CVG and Prairie Director Todd MacKay talk about all that and more.

The Manning Centre's Colin Craig joined Jordan and Paige to talk about their incredible new union report, the FNFTA, and the celebrity-ness of the Trudeaus.

Manitoba voted earlier this month and chucked Greg Selinger and the NDP out of power. One of the big reasons: Selinger's broken promise to hold the line on taxes. CTF Prairie Director Todd MacKay joins hosts Paige MacPherson and Jordan Bateman to talk about the election, the fallout and more.

BC Finance Minister Michael de Jong is in Hogtown to speak to the Toronto Board of Trade, but it's Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa who should be taking copious notes. How can both these guys call themselves Liberals, when one has run 4 straight balanced budgets, and the other is on the 9th straight deficit? By Christine Van Geyn (CTF Ontario Director) and Jordan Bateman (CTF BC Director). Full text hereat taxpayer.com.

It's a two-fer Tax Talk Live, as CTF Prairie Director Todd MacKay joins Jordan and Paige to talk about the Saskatchewan election results, and Matt Bufton from the Institute for Liberal Studies talks Canadian Libertarianism. 

For a government that prides itself on holding the line on taxes and cutting red tape, the BC Liberals have sure blundered on their new off road vehicle (ORV) tax and licensing scheme.
In this edition of Let's Talk Taxes, BC Director Jordan Bateman breaks the tax grab down. Print version: http://www.taxpayer.com/commentaries/bc--orvs-bogged-down-in-bureaucracy,-tax-grab