CALGARY, AB - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is slamming Conservative Party of Canada Leader Erin O’Toole for his proposal to implement a carbon tax, which would break his pledge to repeal carbon taxes. “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 carbon taxes. If he goes through [Read more]
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Alberta pipeline spending shows need to fix Canada’s regulatory system: Taxpayers Federation
CALGARY, AB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is highlighting the need to fix Canada's regulatory system so job creators can build pipelines without relying on taxpayers. “Politicians needs to get their act together so we can get big projects built and taxpayers aren’t put on the hook for pipelines,” said Franco Terrazzano, Alberta Director for the CTF. “That means in Canada we need to repeal damaging legislation such as Bill C-69 and Bill C-48. “Taxpayers are always concerned about [Read more]
Column: Pipeline protesters shouldn’t be funded by taxpayers
The next time you see pipeline protesters chaining themselves to a bulldozer, know that your taxes may have paid for their activism. The federal government has given $2.5 million of your money to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives so it can “shine a bright light on the fossil fuel industry by investigating the ways corporate power is organized and exercised.” The University of Victoria also kicked in $730,000 into the project that lists about 100 people as advisors and [Read more]
Tackle equalization to stand up for taxpayers and Canada’s resources
Ottawa gave Alberta’s struggling energy industry a body blow by passing legislation to ban tankers on the West Coast and make the pipeline approval process virtually impossible. It’s tempting to seek retribution. So tempting. But there’s a better way for Premier Jason Kenney to stand up for Alberta and strengthen Canada: reform equalization. The Trudeau government passed the Tanker Ban Bill (Bill C-48) and the No More Major Projects Bill (Bill C-69) at the last minute before it rises for the [Read more]
Terrazzano: Don’t leave taxpayers on the hook for another government refinery
Albertans, not only are you shareholders of a pipeline and soon-to-be buyers of new railcars, get ready to add another government-supported refinery to the list. Before you get too excited, history has shown that this is a bad deal for taxpayers. The North West Upgrader has become the prime example of a government development project becoming a taxpayer boondoggle. This project involves the Alberta government financing an outside company to build facilities and refine its bitumen. Under [Read more]
Craig: Trudeau helps foreign businesses again, hurts Canadian ones
The Trudeau government has once again introduced legislation that will hurt Canadian companies while helping their foreign competitors. Prime Minister Trudeau’s latest move is not only hurtful to everyone who works in the oil and gas industry, it’s harmful to all the tax-paying companies and workers across Canada that supply parts, supplies and services to Canada’s energy industry. The situation involves Bill C-69, legislation that was tabled by the federal government earlier this year. If [Read more]
Craig: Taxpayers need a voice in upcoming court battles
You could save thousands of dollars in taxes if the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is allowed to intervene in (and helps win) an upcoming court case against the new federal carbon tax. And if we’re successful in a second, unrelated court case about pipelines, Canada’s economy could benefit from thousands of new private sector jobs. Not to mention the billions in tax revenue that governments would receive if the Trans Mountain pipeline project goes ahead – money that could be used to help pay [Read more]
Taxpayers federation seeks standing in pipeline, carbon tax legal battles
VANCOUVER - An advocacy group that argues for the interests of taxpayers will be asking the courts to allow it take part in separate legal cases in British Columbia and Saskatchewan in a dispute over federal and provincial jurisdiction. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says it will request permission for intervener status in order to fight against the federal carbon tax in Saskatchewan and in favour of getting pipelines built through B.C. A reference question filed in the B.C. Appeal [Read more]
CTF: Free pass for foreign oil costs taxpayers billions
CALGARY, AB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) released documents obtained from the federal government through Access to Information that show foreign oil is getting a free emissions pass from the federal government – one that is costing taxpayers billions of dollars. In August 2017, the federal government decided to change the rules halfway through the Energy East pipeline review by requiring the project to go through an “upstream and downstream emissions review.” TransCanada cancelled [Read more]
Takeaways from the Global Energy Show 2023 in Calgary
As a long time attendee of the Global Energy Show (GES) dating back to the days when it was called the Global Petroleum Show, I was particularly interested in what the strategic conference had to offer this year. In 2023, the realities for the global energy industry in general, and for the Canadian energy industry in particular, are daunting. We are sixteen months deep into the reality of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its interruption to the flow of oil, natural gas and refined [Read more]
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