Whatever the 'Canadian Taxpayers Federation' is, it's not a 'tax watchdog'
While the Canadian Taxpayers Federation claims to be a "tax watchdog" that opposes waste and advocates transparency in government, evidence suggests its principal purposes are to provide partisan support for the Harper Government, fulfill the corporate agenda and undermine the rights of working people.
The July 2 Alberta Diary post on the CTF's disgracefully misogynistic and personal attack on a group of promising young Canadian scholars for the crime of being awarded scholarships provides an example of the former.
Today let's take a look at the evidence of the CTF's strong anti-worker, anti-union bias, as well as the group's lack of transparency about its own supporters and objectives.
A recent report on the CTF by a group called Canadians For Responsible Advocacy, highlights connections between some members of the CTF board of directors and various anti-union groups in both Canada and the United States
As has been previously reported, the CTF's seven current board members are the group's only members, despite the media's repeated claims it has tens of thousands of members -- a reference to the group's "supporters," people who have clicked on a web button to find out more about the CTF.
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