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]
CRAIG: Ottawa should stop funding anti-oil research
Just when you thought Canada’s nonsensical world of oil and gas policy couldn’t get any worse, consider this little nugget of lunacy. The federal government is actually funding anti-oil research activists. Yes, your tax dollars at work. If you visit the federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s website you’ll find a document that lists grants awarded in 2015, including one for $2.5 million over six years that will fund “mapping the power of the carbon-extractive [Read more]
Column: Foreign oil gets free ride from feds
New documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation show the federal government requires Canadian oil to meet a higher environmental standard than oil that is imported into Canada. How absurd is that? By putting up a big roadblock in front of Canadian oil companies, the federal government has lost out on billions of tax dollars, killed thousands of jobs and hurt businesses across Canada that sell goods and services to Canada’s energy sector. Recall that Canadian pipeline company [Read more]