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Taxpayers Federation joins constitutional court fight regarding equalization expansion
From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Author: Carson Binda
“Provincial governments want the courts to force Ottawa to give them even more money through the equalization program”
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is joining the fight against Newfoundland and Labradors’ legal bid to increase federal equalization payments.
“Provincial governments want the courts to force Ottawa to give them even more money through the equalization program and taxpayers simply can’t afford to pay those bills,” said Carson Binda, B.C. Director for the CTF. “Taxpayers in so-called have provinces lose billions through the equalization program, but the payments don’t provide any long-term solutions in recipient provinces.
“The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is getting into this court fight to stop provinces from wasting even more taxpayers’ money on the equalization program.”
The Newfoundland and Labrador government is suing the federal government for more equalization money. Premier Andrew Furey is arguing a province should receive more tax dollars when it can’t afford to pay for new programs that other provinces implement.
“Taxpayers in the rest of Canada shouldn’t be on the hook for whatever new spending provincial politicians want to roll out,” Binda said. “Equalization already costs $25 billion a year – how much would the bill go up if Furey gets his way?”
The CTF filed an application to intervene in the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court on Oct. 3, 2024. The CTF will argue that the Constitution does not give provinces standing to sue Ottawa for bigger equalization payments.
“Canada’s Constitution was never designed to grant provincial governments the authority to forcibly extract more tax dollars from taxpayers in other provinces,” said Devin Drover, CTF General Counsel and Atlantic Director. “We look forward to representing taxpayers in the court in this groundbreaking case.”
From LifeSiteNews
Around the same time Chrystia Freeland announced she is running to replace Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party, citizens noticed that her World Economic Forum page has been deleted from the globalist group’s website.
Former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland’s World Economic Forum (WEF) page has been deleted around the same time she announced her bid for leadership of the Liberal Party.
On January 19, Freeland, who recently resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, announced that she would run for Liberal leader now that Trudeau says he is stepping down. Around this time, the WEF’s profile on Freeland was taken down from their website.
“Sorry, but we can’t find the page you were looking for,” the page now says after clicking on the link which originally brought users to Freeland’s WEF profile. The page is still viewable via the internet archive, which notes that she is on the Board of Trustees for the globalist group best known for its infamous “Great Reset” agenda.
In addition to the WEF page being deleted, the majority of Freeland’s Instagram posts have been removed from public view.
Many have speculated online as to the reason why these actions were taken, with some suggesting that Freeland desires to distance herself from the massively criticized group.
Critics often pointed to Freeland’s association with the group during her tenure as finance minister and deputy prime minister, as she was known for pushing policies endorsed by the globalist organization, such as the carbon tax and online censorship.
Freeland’s ties to the WEF seem extensive, with her receiving a personal commendation from former WEF leader Klaus Schwab.
Freeland is perhaps best known internationally for her heavy-handed response to anti-mandate Freedom Convoy protesters, which saw the then-finance minister direct financial institutions to freeze the bank accounts of Canadians who participated in or donated to the protest.
One of Freeland’s main opponents in the Liberal leadership race, Mark Carney, also has ties to the WEF, and has similarly come under fire from critics for pushing their globalist agenda.
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Poilievre calls likely Trudeau replacement Mark Carney the World Economic Forum’s ‘golden boy’
From LifeSiteNews
‘He is the golden boy of the World Economic Forum and he will be a disaster if he ever gets anywhere close to power’
The leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, had choice words for Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney’s ties to global elites, calling him out as the “golden boy” for the World Economic Forum.
“He is the golden boy of the World Economic Forum and he will be a disaster if he ever gets anywhere close to power,” Polievre said in a video posted to X on Monday.
Poilievre added that the reason “we know” Carney will be a “disaster” is that “he has been Justin Trudeau’s personal economic advisor” for years.
“If you think that Justin Trudeau has done a bad job on the economy, you know who’s been pulling his strings,” the Conservative Party leader added.
“Carbon tax Carney. They’re both [Carney and Chrystia Freeland] … just like Justin, and that’s why we need a carbon tax election to fire them all and bring home a common-sense Conservative government,” he said.
As referenced by Poilievere, Carney has worked closely with the WEF for years, in addition to serving in top roles as a central banker in both England and Canada.
The banker has also endorsed the carbon tax and even criticized Trudeau when he exempted home heating oil from the tax.
The Liberal Party of Canada will choose its next leader, who will automatically become prime minister, on March 9, after Trudeau announced that he plans to step down as Liberal Party leader once a new leader has been chosen.
Just last week, Carney drew headlines after no less than four journalists from independent media were forcefully barred from attending his Liberal Party leadership candidacy press conference.
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