Tax Talk with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Tax Talk host and CTF BC Director Jordan Bateman sits down with Sean Holman, an award-winning reporter, documentary filmmaker, an original muckraking blogger and now assistant professor of journalism at Mount RoyalUniversity, to talk about Sean’s new Unknowable Country column series. The two also dig into the negative ramifications of concentrating power in a Prime Minister’s or Premier’s Office, and how to get more out of backbench MPs and MLAs than simply “trained seal” behavior.

Plus the usual features – the Comment of the Cast and the Waste of the Week (where your tax dollars are going to make sure invisible, non-existent trains run on time).

CTF Alberta Director Derek Fildebrandt joins Tax Talk host and BC Director Jordan Bateman to talk about the BC-Alberta pipeline (sort of) deal. Does it really matter? What was accomplished? And is it good news for Canadian taxpayers or not? They also touch on the results of municipal elections in Edmonton and Calgary (hint: one of those cities has a much more fiscally conservative council than the other). 

Plus the usual features -- the Comment of the Cast and the Waste of the Week (where your tax dollars this week are literally going up in smoke!).

Ontario’s provincial debt is growing by $371 per second - $32.1 million each and every day. Yet provincial politicians seem oblivious to the need to rein in their spending. Join Tax Talk host and CTF B.C. Director Jordan Bateman as he talks about Ontario spending scandals – including a $1.1 billion gas plant relocation boondoggle and cutting cheques to NBA billionaires – with the CTF’s Ontario director, Candice Malcolm. Plus our usual features – the Comment of the Cast and Waste of the Week!

Join Tax Talk host and CTF B.C. Director Jordan Bateman as he talks about the Senate spending scandal – and what everyday Canadians can do to make a difference in this debate – with the CTF’s federal director, Gregory Thomas. Plus our usual features – the Comment of the Cast and Waste of the Week!

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CTF Research Director (and Ottawa Senators fan) Nick Bergamini joins B.C. Director (and Vancouver Canucks fan) Jordan Bateman to discuss the CTF's new report, Shutout: Are High Taxes Keeping the Stanley Cup Out of Canada? It's a fun look at Canada's economic competitiveness with the United States, and an opportunity for Jordan to work through his issues with the Canucks's 2011 Stanley Cup Game 7 collapse one more time.

Plus our usual features: Stat of the Cast, Waste of the Week and the Comment of the Cast!

CTF Research Director (and Ottawa Senators fan) Nick Bergamini joins B.C. Director (and Vancouver Canucks fan) Jordan Bateman to discuss the CTF's new report, Shutout: Are High Taxes Keeping the Stanley Cup Out of Canada? It's a fun look at Canada's economic competitiveness with the United States, and an opportunity for Jordan to work through his issues with the Canucks's 2011 Stanley Cup Game 7 collapse one more time.

Plus our usual features: Stat of the Cast, Waste of the Week and the Comment of the Cast!

We're back from our summer break with a big episode exploring the scourge of corporate welfare. Veteran broadcaster David Berner and CTF B.C. Director Jordan Bateman sit down and talk about the silliness (and expense) of government handouts to business - including an all-time favorite, research on exploding sausages. It's a good one!

Plus our usual features are back  - Comment of the Cast, Waste of the Week and the Stat of the Cast.

It's ugly in Ottawa, where the Senate is under perpetual, well-deserved fire for its spending silliness. CTF federal director Gregory Thomas joins host and B.C. director Jordan Bateman to break down all the craziness.

Plus our usual features - Comment of the Cast, Waste of the Week and Stat of the Cast!

We're back from our two week hiatus and we thought we would tackle a relatively simple issue: Canada's equalization program. (Okay, maybe not quite that simple.) CTF Alberta Director Derek Fildebrandt joins host and CTF B.C. Director Jordan Bateman to talk about a series of open letters sent by the CTF to the premiers of the have provinces on negotiating a fairer equalization deal.

Plus our usual features: Comment of the Cast, Waste of the Week and Stat of the Cast.

The Canadian Senate is locked in yet another scandal - this time on housing expenses. The RCMP are even investigating. Canadian Taxpayers Federation Research Director Nick Bergamini helps us break down what exactly is going on.

Plus our usual features: Comment of the Cast, Waste of the Week and Stat of the Cast.