From the LifeSiteNews

By Doug Mainwaring

The work of DOGE is ‘not an optional thing. It is an essential thing,’ Elon Musk said. ‘If we don’t do this, America will go bankrupt.’

At the Trump administration’s first cabinet meeting, Elon Musk said that he’s “taking a lot of flak” for his work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), adding, “I’m getting a lot of death threats.”  

“We simply can’t sustain as a country a two trillion-dollar deficit,” said Musk, explaining why the work of DOGE is so important to the functioning of the country.  

“Just the interest on the national debt now exceeds Defense Department spending,” said the tech billionaire. “We spend a lot on the Defense Department, but we’re spending over a trillion dollars on interest. If this continues, the country will become de facto bankrupt.” 

Only DOGE can save the US from bankruptcy 

Musk said that the work of DOGE is “not an optional thing. It is an essential thing.” 

“If we don’t do this, America will go bankrupt,” he emphasized. “That’s why it has to be done.” 

“I’m confident at this point … that we can find a trillion dollars in savings,” he said. “That would be roughly 15 percent of the seven trillion-dollar budget.” 

“And obviously that can only be done with the support of everyone in this room,” he said to the cabinet secretaries. “And I would like to thank everyone for your support.” 

“DOGE is a support function for the president and for the agencies departments to help achieve those savings and to effectively find 15 percent reduction in fraud and waste,” he explained.   

By Devin Drover

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is taking the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to court to force the broadcaster to provide transparency regarding the money it spends on advertising.

“Canadians have a right to know how their tax dollars are being spent, but the CBC wants to keep taxpayers in the dark,” said Devin Drover, CTF General Counsel. “That’s why we are going to court to compel the CBC to be transparent and release financial information that taxpayers have the right to see.”

The legal challenge stems from an access-to-information request filed by Ryan Thorpe, the CTF’s investigative journalist, who has submitted dozens of requests to provide transparency about spending at the CBC. His work includes breaking the story about CBC executives receiving millions in bonuses.

Thorpe requested records detailing how much the CBC has spent on advertising over the past five years. The broadcaster has refused to release the information despite receiving $1.4 billion from taxpayers last year.

The CTF has now filed a legal challenge in Federal Court to force the disclosure of these records. A copy of the notice of application is available here.

Meanwhile, the Trudeau government has announced recommendations to nearly double taxpayer funding for the CBC and shield budget reporting from public scrutiny.

“It’s bad enough that the CBC takes more than a billion dollars from taxpayers and the government wants to raise that number, but it’s even worse that the CBC won’t respect taxpayers’ right to know how the money’s being spent,” said Kris Sims, CTF Alberta Director. “Now Canadians can add ‘refusing to be accountable’ to the list of reasons to defund the CBC.”