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Business, Finances, Debt
McGuinty's Surplus But No Tax Relief
By Kevin Gaudet
Monday, September 10, 2007
Spreading isn't limited to farming any more. When harvest time is winding down and shadows grow longer, you can detect the smell of manure in the air. It is not the only smell in Ontario this Fall. You can smell an election in the air in Ontario as politicians spread their promises in an effort to reap a harvest of votes come October 10th. The challenge for voters will be to get a shovel full of tax relief instead of a shovel full of the smelly stuff.
th Anniversary of McGuinty Signing Taxpayer Protection Promise Taxpayers Federation Hosts Event/PhotoOp, Invites Party Leaders
By Kevin Gaudet
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Toronto: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) will be hosting an event to commemorate the 4th anniversary of Dalton McGuinty signing the Taxpayer Protection Promise. Mr. McGuinty, Mr. Hampton and Mr. Tory all have been invited to attend. At the event the CTF will launch their new 'Honesty in Politics' campaign with a special long-nosed guest.
McGuinty Fiddles with Tic Tacs While Health Tax Still Burns
By Kevin Gaudet
Monday, August 27, 2007
They say that a Tic Tac is more than a breath mint. They're right. It's a taxpayer cash mint. The McGuinty government announced last week that it is running a surplus of $2.3 billion. A few days later they made an announcement that they are giving $5.5 million interest-free five-year loan to a US owned, private, global candy manufacturer in Brantford to 'improve its Tic Tac candy production line'.
Are Canadian companies really taking advantages of the huge potential of the Mexican Market?
By Mark Borkowski
Monday, August 27, 2007
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Ramon Ruiz at an Opportunities Ontario Seminar, sponsored by the Ontario Government. Ramon is a professional sales Coach and consultant now working in Canada In our discussion, he stressed that for many Canadian businesses, it's time to re-think their approach to Mexico.
Sweet Tic Tac Corporate Welfare Should Stop
By Kevin Gaudet, Canadian Taxpayers Association
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Toronto: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today criticized the McGuinty's government's announcement of $5.5 million plant upgrade for Ferrero Canada Limited, makers of Tic Tac and Rocher chocolates. The money is to go towards a plant expansion in Brantford Ontario. CTF Ontario Director Kevin Gaudet said, "$5.5 million buys a lot of Tic Tacs and McGuinty clearly hopes it will buy a lot of votes in Brantford."
The social responsibility of profits
By Paul Driessen
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Good companies earn money the old-fashioned way: working for it and serving the public
"The social responsibility of business," Milton Friedman famously said, "is to increase its profits."
Bridges and Tax Relief or Slush Funds and Cricket
By Kevin Gaudet, Canadian Taxpayers Association
Monday, August 13, 2007
The President of the Ontario Cricket Association says that if he had known he would have received $1 million when all he had asked the Ontario government for was $150,000, he would have asked for $2 million. Thank goodness he didn't. Instead of throwing money at interest groups, the McGuinty government should be putting cash towards capital infrastructure like roads, bridges and sewers, and providing tax relief so taxpayers themselves may choose which interest groups they prefer to fund, if any.
Slush Fund, MPP Office and Bob Delaney
By Kevin Gaudet, Canadian Taxpayers Association
Thursday, August 2, 2007
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today released documents showing MPP Bob Delaney has been using his constituency office resources for his private internet consulting business. Some of his business clients received grants from government including the Citizenship and Immigration 'Slush Fund'. The 'Slush Fund' was the subject of a recent provincial auditor's report that found widespread abuse of rules with little or no oversight and controls.
John Tory: Side with Taxpayers Not City Politicians
By Kevin Gaudet, Canadian Taxpayers Association
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Ontario municipalities are looking to forge a new deal with the province using new taxing authority in Toronto as leverage. After all, what's good for Toronto should be good enough for the rest of the province. Meanwhile, not a single politician at the provincial level is coming to the defence of overburdened taxpayers. Ironically, one politician in a position to champion the taxpayer - John Tory - says he won't.
Fear, Desire, Death...and the Internet
James West, www.goldworld.com
Saturday, July 21, 2007
If I were to suggest that the Mining Industry owes its current robust constitution to the Internet, the image of a horse's posterior might pop into your head. But bear with me, and see if you can't be convinced.
McGuinty Horsing Around with G.I. Jane Stewart
By Kevin Gaudet, Canadian Taxpayers Association
Saturday, July 14, 2007
ÝWhat do the initials G.I. stand for? Generally, it stands for 'Government Issue'. Yet, with Jane Stewart's latest Ontario government appointment, the label of G.I. Jane is very appropriate as she may better stand for 'Grossly Inflated' or 'Gigantic Income' as the serial appointee Stewart rakes in huge taxpayer-funded paycheques. Stewart has a terrible government track record and McGuinty has flip-flopped on his approach to patronage by continually appointing her.
74.1% of Torontonians Oppose New Taxes
By Kevin Gaudet, Canadian Taxpayers Association
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Toronto: In advance of Toronto city council meeting on July 16th to vote on imposing new taxes, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF)) today released results of a public opinion poll. The poll was conducted by Holinshed Research Group for the CTF on (1) the level of awareness in Toronto about the impending new taxes, and (2) whether Torontonians support city council raising revenues using these new powers.
What Do Enron, Nortel and OLG Have in Common?
By Kevin Gaudet, Canadian Taxpayers Association
Thursday, July 12, 2007
When organizations like Enron and Nortel were late on issuing their annual reports it wasn't because they were waiting to spring good news on people. In fact, it was just the opposite. History bears out just how bad the news was: fraud, theft, billions of investment dollars lost and executives in jail. Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) has at least one thing in common with Enron and Nortel. Its last annual report was made available to shareholders - read taxpayers - two years ago. Its annual report for 2005/2006 is apparently sitting on Premier McGuinty's desk. And the report for the last fiscal year (2006/2007) is nowhere in sight either. What is the premier hiding?
Cantankerous Consumer:
Some of the excellent
amidst the excrement
By David Cobain
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
As with any commentary on consumer affairs -- as, indeed, with society as a whole -- there is always some bad news to leaven the good, a negative to balance the positive. What's important, though, is the degree: whether we are to be swept unprotestingly away by an avalanche of excrement or arrested in our plunge by outcroppings of competence, even occasional excellence, from worthy producers and purveyors.
