This podcast is for Canadians who want lower taxes, less waste and more accountable government. We go beyond the politics to push for policies that shrink tax bills. We break exclusive news stories about government waste that aren’t covered by the media. And we enforce accountability and transparency for politicians in every political party. Join the Canadian Taxpayers Federation at taxpayer.com.
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is taking the CBC to court to force the state 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. That’s why we are going to court to compel the CBC to be transparent …
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#176 How Carney’s hidden carbon tax hurts you
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31:13Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney wants to hammer businesses with hidden carbon taxes and hopes you won’t notice when your life gets more expensive. We break down how Carney’s hidden carbon tax impacts you. Plus, the government is musing about nearly doubling the tax dollars it gives the CBC. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxp…
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#175 Carney’s carbon tax and tariffs
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33:39Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney wants you to think he’s scrapping the carbon tax. But he wants to impose carbon taxes on businesses and carbon tax tariffs. Here’s the thing: a carbon tax on business is a carbon tax on consumers. Carbon taxes on refineries make gas more expensive. Carbon taxes on utilities make home heating more expensiv…
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#174 Canadians defeat illegal tax hike
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22:50Taxpayers across Canada forced the Trudeau government to back down from enforcing the illegal and undemocratic capital gains tax hike this year. This is a huge win for taxpayers who stood up and fought back against a tax grab that would illegally take billions of dollars from Canadians. Now the fight will continue until the capital gains tax hike i…
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#173 No taxation without representation
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32:21The Trudeau government is enforcing an undemocratic capital gains tax hike that was never approved by Parliament. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he'll reverse it. We break it all down in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpayer.com/support-the-podcast…
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The carbon tax is on the edge of collapse. When will the government scrap the carbon tax? Will the Liberals beat Poilievre to the punch? Plus, who are the big names running to replace Trudeau and where do they stand on axing the tax? This episode was recorded on the afternoon of January 10, 2025 - before Christy Clark announced she was no longer pu…
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#171 What’s ahead for taxpayers
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1:03:00This podcast was recorded on Friday, January 3rd, before the resignation of Justin Trudeau. Looking forward: what’s ahead for taxpayers? Will we scrap the carbon tax? Can the next government balance the budget? Why should ordinary people get in the arena and fight for lower taxes, less waste and more accountable government? President and CEO of the…
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#170 Trudeau’s four-day trip, $71,000 food bill
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23:20Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s four-day trip to Europe in June cost taxpayers almost $1 million. Trudeau and his 40-person entourage spent $71,000 on food! That means Trudeau and his entourage spent more money on food in four days than the average family spends on groceries in four years. And they sent you the bill. Plus, we got our hands on Globa…
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#169 Taxpayers fight carbon tax in Parliament
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21:15The CTF was in Parliament calling for the federal government to scrap the carbon tax. The carbon tax is making life too expensive, and punishing Canadians for the basics of life like heating their homes and driving to work. CTF Atlantic Director and General Counsel Devin Drover was in a parliamentary committee pushing politicians to scrap the feder…
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#168 CTF to committee: DEFUND THE CBC
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44:40The CTF was SUMMONED to testify at the Heritage Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The topic: The CBC! The Canadian Taxpayers Federation told the committee full of politicians that it was time to DEFUND the CBC for three key reasons: The CBC costs Canadians too much money. Nearly nobody is watching it. Journalists should not be paid by the gov…
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#167 Trudeau’s army of carbon tax bureaucrats
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23:54Not only does the carbon tax make almost everything more expensive, but you’re also getting soaked to pay for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s newly added carbon tax bureaucrats. Trudeau’s carbon tax bureaucracy will cost taxpayers about $800 million by 2030. That’s just the cost of paying for all those bureaucrats to hammer you with the carbon tax.…
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#166 Department of government efficiency in Canada?
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31:26You pay too much tax because the government wastes too much money. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency, with a mandate to “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure federal agencies.” In this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast, w…
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#165 Taxpayers fight pension grab in Parliament
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42:34The CTF was in Parliament pushing back against the government delaying the next election to give dozens of extra politicians a pension they don’t deserve. Delaying the election by one week would give up to 80 additional MPs a taxpayer-funded pension. Those pensions would cost taxpayers up to $120 million. CTF Federal Director Franco Terrazzano was …
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#164 You won’t believe how much government podcasts cost you
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26:47Dozens of federal government departments and agencies are producing podcasts nobody is listening to and it’s costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Plus, the Alberta government launched a new court fight against the Trudeau government’s carbon tax. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. Support our mission: https://www.taxpaye…
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#163 CBC keeps you in the dark over CEO bonuses
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36:12The CBC doesn’t mind taking your money. It just doesn’t want you to know how it spends your money. CBC’s CEO refuses to tell you if she will take a bonus or severance pay out when she leaves the state broadcaster in the new year. She thinks taking a taxpayer-funded bonus or severance is a “personal matter.” But you pay their bills. You deserve to h…
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#162 Trudeau’s carbon tax and deficits soak taxpayers
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21:41The carbon tax is costing average families hundreds of dollars more than what their getting back in rebates. That’s according to the government’s own independent budget watchdog. Plus, the feds are already $6 billion over budget with the deficit. In fact, the government will spend more money on debt interest charges than it sends to the provinces i…
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It's ELECTION TIME in three provinces! What are politicians promising voters in British Columbia, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan? Is the carbon tax looming large? Are people sick of high taxes? Can we afford these promises? Find out with CTF host Kris Sims as she gets the latest from the ground from BC Director Carson Binda, Atlantic Director Devin…
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#160 Taxpayers fight equalization in the court
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27:28The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is joining the fight against Newfoundland and Labradors’ legal bid to increase federal equalization payments. We’re getting into this court fight to stop provinces from wasting even more taxpayers’ money through equalization. Plus, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs promises to launch a renewed court challenge agai…
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Federal bureaucrats bought hundreds of thousands of dollars in tickets to circuses and concerts, balls and ballets, galas and award shows, football and hockey games, dance festivals and musicals – then sent you. Plus, the Trudeau government blew more than $2.7 million on high-profile film and music festivals around the world, where they made taxpay…
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Big news on the carbon tax! After pressure from Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporters, federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh signals his party may oppose the carbon tax. And British Columbia’s NDP government says it will scrap the provincial carbon tax if a future federal government removes the national requirement for one. We break down what this me…
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The Trudeau government spent $32,250 bankrolling an intersectional feminist report on the evils of outer space. The report claims current approaches to outer space are “heavily Western, state-centric, militarized, masculinized, and colonial,” and encourage practices that are “racist, exploitative, elitist, and environmentally destructive.” Plus, th…
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It took Parks Canada four years and $10,000 (of your tax dollars) before they captured a single frog in British Columbia. All told, Parks Canada spent 15,000 hunting 101 frogs. And don’t forget: Parks Canada also spent $800,000 getting foreign hunters to kill 84 deer out of a helicopter – that’s $10,000 a deer! You can mock Parks Canada for its fro…
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#155 $800 billion in debt interest charges
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29:47The federal government won’t balance the budget until 2040, according to data released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Between now and the time the budget is balanced in 2040, interest charges on the federal debt will cost taxpayers $847 billion, which amounts to more than $18,000 per Canadian. Plus, we’ve released new polling on the CBC’s bon…
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We take a deep dive into the CBC to tell you how much the state broadcaster is costing you and what it’s spending YOUR money on. The CBC’s ratings are plummeting, it costs Canadians more than $1.4 Billion this year, and it’s STILL handing out big bonuses. The CBC has handed out $132 million in bonuses since 2015, and THIS YEAR, it’s awarding $18.4 …
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#153 Trudeau’s bureaucracy costs you how much?
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24:18You’re paying higher taxes because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bureaucrat hiring spree is out of control. Trudeau added 108,000 federal bureaucrats – a 42 per cent increase since 2015. If any politician wants to balance the budget and cut taxes, they’ll need to shrink the federal bureaucracy. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayer P…
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The majority of Canadians say the government spends too much money, takes too much money from our paycheques and wastes money on the wrong priorities. That’s according to a new Ipsos poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute. The MEI’s Vice President of Communications Renaud Brossard joins the show to break down the new poll and what Can…
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Trying to make homes more affordable with a tax hike is like trying to boil water with your freezer. But the Trudeau government keeps flirting with home equity taxes. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently attended “a private town hall about generational fairness,” hosted by a group advocating for home taxes. The feds also spent $450,000 funding an…
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The Trudeau government’s own data shows the carbon tax will cost Canada’s economy $12 billion this year. By 2030, the carbon tax will cost our economy $30 billion. Plus, we break down the provincial fuel taxes you pay while driving on your summer road trips. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. Support our mission: https://w…
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#149 Government living high on the hog
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30:09Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his entourage billed taxpayers more than $220,000 for airplane food during their week-long tour of the Indo-Pacific last September. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation dug up all the meal receipts through an access to information request. Here are some of the airplane meals they enjoyed: Braised lamb shanks with stea…
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The Trudeau government is hiking taxes again! The Liberals, NDP and Bloc just voted to hike capital gains taxes. Plus, the feds are bringing in a new Streaming Tax. We break down what all these tax hikes mean for you in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast. Sign the PETITON – NO capital gains tax hike: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/no-capital-gains-ta…
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The Trudeau government wants to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars by 2035. Plus, the feds are giving multinational corporations tens of billions to build battery plants and there’s a new taxpayer scandal in Ottawa. All that and more in this week’s Taxpayer Podcast.Oleh Canadian Taxpayers Federation
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#146 Taxpayer legal challenge against the CBC
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25:12The Canadian Taxpayers Federation launched a legal challenge against the CBC. The CBC refuses to release how much in bonuses it paid out to President Catherine Tait and its senior executives. The CTF filed a legal challenge with the Information Commissioner to force the CBC to release those records come clean with you. Plus, the feds dished out $40…
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#145 Corporate welfare costs $5 million/job
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24:20Tax hikes for you, more taxpayer cash for multinational corporations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford teamed up to give $5 billion to Honda. The government says it will create 1,000 jobs. That’s a cost to taxpayers of $5 million per job. And that’s on top of the tens of billions of dollars governments have already announ…
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#144 Debt interest = $1 billion/week
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43:10Welcome to Canada, where you pay a federal sales tax so Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can cover the interest payments on his government’s credit card. That’s literally what’s happening. Interest charges on Canada’s debt will be $54 billion this year. GST revenues will be $54 billion. On top of soaring interest charges, the federal budget includes m…
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#143 Trudeau gives Quebec special carbon tax deal
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25:04Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving you higher gas prices and giving Quebec a special deal on the carbon tax. Quebec’s carbon tax currently costs $57 per tonne. Trudeau is making you and every other Canadian pay a carbon tax that costs $80 per tonne. And that carbon tax gap is expected to grow… Plus, we break down just how much federal debt int…
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost the people and the premiers on the carbon tax. Seven of 10 Canadians and provincial premiers oppose Trudeau’s April 1 carbon tax hike. But Liberal, NDP, Green and Bloc Québécois MPs decided to stand with the prime minister and voted to make you pay higher carbon taxes. And we break down Trudeau’s April 1 alcoh…
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Governor General Mary Simon took another pay raise this year, bringing her annual salary to $363,000. This is Simon’s third pay raise since being appointed to the role less than three years ago. And the CBC dished out another $15 million in taxpayer-funded bonuses in 2023. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. And you can get…
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#140 Fighting Trudeau’s online censorship
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24:48Taxpayers are right to be worried about Trudeau’s online censorship. We asked the Canadian Constitution Foundation to break down Trudeau’s so-called online harms bill and how that can impact your free expression and ability to hold governments accountable. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast. And here’s how you can take acti…
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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe comes off the bench to fight Trudeau’s carbon tax. And the vast majority of Canadians don’t support Trudeau’s carbon tax hike on April 1. Plus, we break down how Trudeau’s carbon tax makes your grocery bills more expensive. All that and more on this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podcast.…
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#138 Trudeau’s $1 million “affordability” retreats
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31:06The Trudeau government’s three “affordability” cabinet retreats over the course of a single year cost taxpayers more than $1 million. And you better believe they’ve been eating good on your dime… Trudeau also dropped $11,651 of your tax dollars to party with the media at one of his mansions. All that and more in this week’s Canadian Taxpayers Podca…
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The ArriveSCAM app is worse than you think. The Auditor General writes a scathing report into the ArriveCAN app that socially distanced taxpayers from tens of millions of dollars. And we break down Trudeau’s carbon tax rebrand. Trudeau thinks he can make you support his favourite tax by changing the name of his carbon tax rebates. But that’s just l…
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#136 Bonuses, bureaucratic boondoggles & hotel bills
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28:29Costs for the ArriveCAN app spiralled out of control to $54 million. Despite their failure, government executives working on the app still took more than $340,000 in bonuses. Most people spend zero dollars not staying in a luxury hotel room. Well, the feds spent $600,000 NOT staying in luxury hotel rooms. All that and more in this week’s Canadian T…
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#135 Trudeau and CBC president squirm
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27:19CBC President Catherine Tait was in the hot seat as MPs grilled her over the millions in bonuses she’s been doling out at the state broadcaster with your money. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks he’s figured out a way to stop his polls from plummeting: re-brand his carbon tax rebate scheme! But there’s not enough lipstick on the planet to cover …
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#134 Taxpayers getting gouged at the pumps
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52:31Canadians are paying about 55 cents per litre of gas every time we fuel up. That means you’re paying about $35 in taxes when fueling up a big sedan. And that big tax bill is only getting bigger as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cranks up his two carbon taxes. READ MORE HERE: https://www.taxpayer.com/media/Gas-Tax-Honesty-Report-2023.pdf Taxpayer fun…
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#133 Trudeau’s carbon tax is about politics, not the planet
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40:58Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Quebec a special deal on the carbon tax. The math is simple: Trudeau is forcing drivers in every other province and territory to pay 14 cents per litre of gas in carbon taxes, while Quebecers pay 10 cents per litre. The solution is also simple: Trudeau should scrap his carbon taxes and make life more affordab…
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#132 Feds hike inflation then hike interest rates
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39:46The Trudeau government deserves a big chunk of the blame for rising mortgage payments. Ottawa’s never-ending deficits, tax hikes and money printing helped push inflation to a 40-year high. Without this inflation, the Bank of Canada would have little reason to raise rates and Canadians wouldn’t be worried about their mortgage payments going through …
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#131 Trudeau Hammers Taxpayers With a Second Carbon Tax
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33:59Trudeau buried a second carbon tax in fuel regulations that take effect this July. By the time the regulations are fully in force, the second carbon tax will cost the average family up to $1,157. There are no rebates with the second carbon tax, and it’s being layered on top of the current tax. READ MORE HERE: https://financialpost.com/opinion/opini…
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The Trudeau government told taxpayers it would save money in budget 2023. Here’s a pro-tip for the government: if you increase spending by $85 billion, you’re saving money wrong. READ MORE HERE: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/terrazzano-trudeau-doesnt-know-what-saving-money-means CTF fights carbon tax at parliamentary committee Franco br…
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#129 Taxes up. MP pay up. We’re fed up.
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33:49Taxes up. MP pay up. We’re fed up. Politicians think you can afford to pay more tax at the gas pump and the liquor store. Meanwhile, MPs say they need a pay hike. A good budget with big promises (that we’ll make sure they keep) The Alberta budget had a lot of big promises for taxpayers, but politicians had better keep their word or else. Bureaucrat…
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#128 CBC’s Big Bonuses and Six-Figure Salaries
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30:03The number of CBC staffers taking home a six-figure salary has doubled under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The state broadcaster also handed out $16 million in bonuses last year, for an average bonus of $14,000. And it’s all paid for with your tax dollars. READ MORE HERE: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cbc-employees-paid-16-million- bonuses-…
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