The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has released a list of which politicians and organizations have landed themselves on the naughty list versus the nice list this year.
NAUGHTY LIST
CBC President Catherine Tat topped the naughty list for announcing hundreds of layoffs just weeks before Christmas without cancelling bonuses for executives.
Senator Pierre Delphond is also on the naughty list for delaying and watering down carbon tax relief for farmers.
The CTF acknowledged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for removing the carbon tax for families that use home heating oil and leaving the other 97 per cent of the country out of the deal.
Mayors of two major Alberta cities made the naughty list, as well. The CTF says Calgary’s Jyoti Gondek and Edmonton’s Amarjeet Sohi gave themselves a raise but gave their residents steep tax hikes.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is in the bad books for what they call a sneaky income tax hike for residents, also known as a bracket creep.
Mayors of both Quebec City and Vancouver were also marked down on the naughty list. Bruno Marchand and Ken Sim are hiking the taxes families pay to own pets.
Federal Minister of Industry François-Philippe Champagne also landed on this list for giving billions of dollars to multinational corporations to build electric car battery plants while also taking money from struggling taxpayers.
University of Manitoba’s former law dean Jonathan Black-Branch was the final name on the list for racking up half-a-million in public funds on things such as personal dinners and drinks.
NICE LIST
On the nice list you will find Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew for his work on providing fuel and income tax relief.
For transparency in Ottawa, the Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux also gained a spot on the nice list.
Also on the nice list is Liberal MP Ken McDonald for getting his constituents carbon tax relief by voting against his party leader in favour of repealing all carbon taxes.
Alberta’s Village of Ryley is the last name on the list, but not the least. Ryley is the first municipality in Canada to recall a city hall politician, former mayor Nik Lee. During Lee’s tenure, the village’s spending almost doubled from $1.7 million to $3 million in 2022. Lee also spent more than $5,000 on meetings without approval.
