Tax Talk with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

For more than a decade, the B.C. government and the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) have been locked in an expensive (and messy) court battle. Hanging in the balance is the ability of elected officials to set public policy priorities.
In this edition of Let's Talk Taxes, BC Director Jordan Bateman​ shares an op-ed he co-wrote with federal director Aaron Wudrick. It's available here: http://www.taxpayer.com/commentaries/should-unions-have-the-right-to-dictate-public-policy-

The new Trudeau government is spending money like drunken sailors - plunging taxpayers into another $100 billion of debt over the next term. CTF research director Jeff Bowes joined Paige MacPherson and Jordan Bateman to break it all down.

Generation Screwed director Aaron Gun joins Paige MacPherson and Jordan Bateman to talk government debt and its impact on future generations.

The Canadian Constitution Foundation has been digging into provincial civil forfeiture laws, and the results aren't good. The CCF's staff lawyer, Derek From, joined Paige MacPherson and Jordan Bateman to talk about civil forfeiture and how it's being used across Canada.

The Teddy Waste Awards are the Super Bowl of the CTF's year, "honouring" the best of the worst of government waste. CTF federal director Aaron Wudrick handed out the awards in Ottawa and joined Alberta director Paige MacPherson and BC Director Jordan Bateman to talk about it.

Aaron Wudrick, the CTF federal director, presented the 2016 Teddy Waste Awards in Ottawa on Feb. 24. This is his news conference.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation unveiled its first ever Quebec director this week - Carl Vallee. Carl joined Paige MacPherson and guest host Todd MacKay to talk about the fiscal challenges facing la belle province.

Everyone... But The People is a new book by CTF BC Director Jordan Bateman and Torch Agency president Hamish Marshall. www.notranslinktaxbook.com

How a tiny grassroots campaign, with no money, behind the polls won an upset victory against the establishment who outspent them 175 to 1. The elites thought they had it all in their campaign to impose Canada’s first municipal sales tax on the people of Metro Vancouver. A $7 million, taxpayer-funded war chest. More than 150 organizations endorsing the plan. Virtually every mayor, councillor and provincial politician on their side. Business groups, unions, environmentalists, and academics, all grinding the public to accept the sales tax and funnel $250 million more a year to TransLink, the bloated regional transit bureaucracy famous for wasting money.

On the other side stood the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, with less than $40,000, and its clever, populist No TransLink Tax campaign. Led by Jordan Bateman and Hamish Marshall, the NO campaign hijacked the elites’ campaign strategy, pushed the professional political class off message, and equipped thousands of supporters with the facts about TransLink and the tax.

It turns out the elites had Everyone… But the People.

A vital book for political campaigners, advocates, or anyone who wants to understand how to win.

Generation Screwed campus club coordinators Renaud Brossard and Caitlyn Madlener joined Paige and Jordan to talk about their university movement, a run-in with Finance Minister Bill Morneau, government debt, and more.

Prince George's Irvin Leroux fought with CRA for two decades after they incorrectly calculated his taxes, shredded his documents and seized his property. While he was never made whole by the CRA, he did win a stunning victory for all Canadian taxpayers - a judge ruled that the CRA owes a duty of care to the taxpayers it polices. The CTF's VP-Communications Scott Hennig and Tax Talk host Jordan Bateman break down what that ruling means for all taxpayers.