Jen Hodgson
@Jen_HodgsonCTF
Investigative Journalist at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Accepting brown envelopes. @taxpayerDOTcom
The government “invests” $24,500 studying gender equity and bicycles.
🆘Canadian taxpayers are DROWNING in DEBT 🏛️Thanks to federal government & its financial dumpster fire they call a "budget" Meanwhile: Feds are spending $402 million MORE on "art" & "journalism" It is bad theatre AND $150 million MORE for CBC 🛑STOP GOVERNMENT FUNDED MEDIA
Carney’s Budget: Debt spirals out of control because spending spirals out of control. Massive $78 billion deficit. HUGE spending increase. Every dollar you pay in GST will go to pay interest on the debt. Carney also hammering Canadian business with industrial carbon tax.
The government can’t keep borrowing more money forever and taxpayers can’t afford to pay $1 billion a week to cover debt interest charges. After a decade-long debt-fuelled spending spree, taxpayers can’t afford another Trudeau-style budget. torontosun.com/opinion/column…
FRONT PAGE @TheTorontoSun Federal government blowing your money on studies about: Gender politics of Peruvian rock music ($20,000) The life of a grocery cart ($105,000) Advancing gender equity, mobility justice and sustainable development through bicycles ($24,000) Rhetoric…
The federal bureaucracy is a big bloated mess. MPs need to cut Ottawa’s bureaucracy. To make meaningful cuts, MPs will need to show leadership and cut their own pay. westernstandard.news/opinion/terraz…
THREAD Here's how the feds blow your money on research grants. Report: Cycling Towards Change: Advancing Mobility Justice, Gender Equity, and Sustainable Development through Bicycles Cost: $24,500
From grocery carts to selfies, Peruvian rock music to gender equity bicycles: Ottawa’s federal research grants are funding some unusual and irrelevant projects... taxpayer.com/newsroom/feds-…
Flying saucers, crystal paperweights and branded apples: inside the feds’ promotional merch splurge The feds seem eager to slap a logo on just about anything and pay any price to make it happen. taxpayer.com/newsroom/flyin…
IN-DEPTH: Privy Council Office runs psychological unit to shape Canadians’ behaviour westernstandard.news/news/66137/661…
Hockey Canada compels woke gender training for coaches westernstandard.news/news/66236/662…
Hockey Canada compels woke gender training for coaches: Hockey Canada, a federal institution for players of all ages, now requires coaches to undergo woke “gender training” catering to “transgender” and “non-binary” players. To maintain certification, coaches must understand…
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her team is “still hopeful” Canada will reach a trade deal with the US by July 21. Carney and Trump set the target at the G7 summit in Kananaskis in June. Immediately after, however, the Carney Liberals announced they planned to move…
WS' @CoryBMorgan and @Jen_HodgsonWS react to an RCMP officer calling "traditional values" a sign of extremism: "You might be a terrorist if you think a man shouldn't compete in women's sports ... meanwhile we have terrorists actually protesting in Jewish neighbourhoods."
"The Department of Immigration in a briefing note admits it never sought “comprehensive security screening” of suspected Egyptian terrorists. Two Egyptian nationals were arrested in 2024 for plotting an attack on Toronto, and are in custody until their 2026 trial.…
The Western Standard caught up with Calgary mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas at Premier Danielle Smith's Stampede Pancake Breakfast Monday morning. Watch what he has to say about government transparency amid a 36% salary increase for top city officials.
Smith, Ford give Carney "benefit of the doubt" on pipelines — but one is not enough, they say. “There’s probably room for more than one pipeline, probably several,” Smith told the Western Standard. "We need to be an economic powerhouse, an energy powerhouse around the world,"…
Smith and Ford sign MOUs aimed at more closely connecting the Canadian economy through fresh pipelines and railways Jen Hodgson asks a follow-up "So do you believe that Prime Minister Carney is actually going to play ball or is he just talking the talk?" Smith "Well, there'll…
WATCH: Poilievre remarks on immigration at his Stampede BBQ tonight, slamming the "radical Liberal failed experiment of open borders." "We reject the radical Century Initiative, which the Liberals have endorsed, saying they want to bring our population to over 100 people over…
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