Oct 31, 2019
Canadian Taxpayers Federation skewed commentary on nurse salaries is an echo chamber
David J. Climenhaga
Readers are advised to take Canadian Taxpayers Federation "reports" with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Apr 12, 2019
Notice to Alberta's public employees: Jason Kenney and the UCP are eyeing your pensions again
David J. Climenhaga
A general election on Tuesday that Jason Kenney and his UCP could very well win really should concentrate the minds of the most likely victims of his plans.
Jan 28, 2019
UCP leader's tweet fumbles response to Islamophobic group's harassment of worshipers at Edmonton mosque
David J. Climenhaga
UCP Leader Jason Kenney's tweets were well meaning, but the dog-whistling habit is apparently hard to break.
Jan 22, 2019
Canadian Taxpayers Federation's credibility in question after election financing fine
David J. Climenhaga
The CTF has been disproportionately influential in Canadian political discourse because the mainstream media treats its pronouncements as if they were credible. Will a $6,000 fine change that?
Jan 8, 2019
Prominent funder of right-wing groups helps bankroll new think-tank
David J. Climenhaga
Right now, it's hard to see where the right-wing Canadian Taxpayers Federation ends and SecondStreet.org, new right-wing think-tank to be launched in March, begins.
Jun 23, 2018
Canadian Taxpayers Federation a 'partner' of right-wing U.S.-based Atlas Network
David J. Climenhaga
The Atlas Network is said to have distributed about US$5 million to groups it supports worldwide in 2016. Among the group's partners are 12 Canadian entities.
Jun 21, 2018
Money from wealthy right-wing ideologues helps fuel group challenging Alberta's protections for GSA members
David J. Climenhaga
Public documents and website postings show some of the sources of the so-called Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms' money.
Jun 5, 2018
That U of A 'bailout' the CTF's prattling about? Not happening.
David J. Climenhaga
At least one response to a poll commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation suggests David Suzuki is far more popular in Alberta than his opponents wish us to believe.
Mar 21, 2018
Support in Alberta is overwhelming for ending public support of elite private schools, new poll shows
David J. Climenhaga
Albertans are pretty unenthusiastic about the whole idea of giving public money to schools that charge tuition, an Environics poll done for the Alberta Teachers Association shows.
Jan 4, 2018
Lame green coroplast arrows point to UCP's cozy relationship with Canadian Taxpayers Federation
David J. Climenhaga
Some member of the UCP caucus is bound to be told sooner or later to dress up as Porky the Waster Hater, at least until the Opposition party can generate some porky waste of its own.
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