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May 15, 2020

Why won't Ottawa do anything to rein in equine identity theft?

David J. Climenhaga

Twitter users were quick to point out to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's Aaron Wudrick that any horse hoping to defraud Ottawa of CERB funds would need a valid social insurance number.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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