[3][4] It describes itself as a taxpayers advocacy group, and the organization advocates lower taxes, less waste, and an increase in government accountability.

[5] The federation uses a combination of e-mail, media interviews, press conferences, speeches, presentations, stunts, petitions and publications to advocate its political views.

The CTF publishes The Taxpayer magazine three times a year, sends regular e-mail 'Action Updates', hosts a website/blog and Facebook page[6] and issues opinion commentaries to media outlets.

CTF staff and board directors are prohibited from holding a membership in or donating funds to any political party and is independent of any institutional affiliations.

[12] The CTF maintains a federal office in Ottawa, and has staff based in Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Regina, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.

Provincial offices conduct research and advocacy activities specific to their provinces, and act as regional organizers of Canada-wide initiatives.

It must approve goals, tactics, a budget on an annual basis and members are prohibited from holding a membership in any political party.

[15] As of 2020 the CTF board of directors is composed of Michelle Eaton (chair), Ken Azzopardi, Melissa Mathieson, and George Marshall.

Its directors publish annual detailed pre-budget submissions, as well as reports on public issues including health care, tax reform, and "whistle blower" and freedom of information legislation.

[21] Ontario PC Leader Mike Harris signed the pledge drafted by CTF that stated he would not increase taxes without gaining voter approval first.

[29] CTF has advocated that the pension plans be changed to have equal contributions from taxpayers and legislators,[30] and for a citizen's oversight body to make recommendations for MLA compensation.

They launched billboards across the country targeting the $24 to $1 contribution ratio (taxpayers to MPs), ran a video in Toronto bar and gym bathrooms, and flew an airplane towing a banner behind it over Parliament Hill demanding pension reform.

After years of CTF advocacy, MPs reformed their pensions in October 2012, significantly reducing overall benefit levels for current and future Members of Parliament.

As of 2020, bracket creep remains a reality in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia [40] In 2015 CTF organized the no side for the transit tax referendum in British Columbia's Lower Mainland, proposing a 0.5% increase in the local sales tax to finance transit infrastructure in the greater Vancouver area.

[50] CTF also supported Ontario PC Member of Provincial Parliament Lisa MacLeod's effort to disclose all contracts and grants over $10,000 and travel/hospitality expenses.

[52] In 2002, Gordon Benoit went to court in Ottawa, saying that an oral promise made to his ancestors in 1899 exempted him and all Treaty 8 Indians from paying taxes.

Benoit was challenged by the CTF who argued that a race-based tax exemption would violate equality provisions, international treaties and the basic principles of fairness.

[55] In November 2010, with data obtained through access to information requests, they released a report that revealed for 2008-09 that over 80 reserve politicians earned more than the after-tax income of $184,000 of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the same period.

[61] The organization has opposed the Canadian Firearms Registry, calling it "ill-conceived crime-fighting measure that did little more than add paperwork and expenses for hunters, farmers and recreational gun users.

[62][63] Generation Screwed,[64] is a non-partisan campus-based movement seeking to raise awareness on the issues of government debt and unfunded liabilities, and how they affect young Canadians.

It also shows that tax-on- tax on gas costs an extra 3 cents per liter on average, allowing governments to rake in an additional $1.84 billion in revenue.

[68] Some of the most recent winners include Former premier Ralph Klein and his first finance minister Jim Dinning for passing balanced budgets without increasing taxes.

Founded in 1999, The Teddies are named after Ted Weatherill, a former Chairman of the Canada Labour Relations Board who was terminated in 1998 for expenses incompatible with his position.

Former Alberta director John Carpay was a Reform Party candidate in the riding of Burnaby-Kingsway in the 1993 federal election,[105] and is now president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.

Former Saskatchewan Director Richard Truscott is currently Vice President, British Columbia and Alberta, for the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses.

[113] Sara MacIntyre, the federation's BC director, worked as a researcher in the Conservative Party of Canada's leader's office in Ottawa.

[114] In the 2019 Canadian federal election, Lee Harding, the CTF Saskatchewan director ran as a candidate in the Cypress Hills—Grasslands riding for the far-right People Party of Canada.

[117] The abdominoplasties were performed on patients with chronic stomach infections that did not respond to antibiotics, while the botulinum toxin was used to treat spastic muscle disorders such as multiple sclerosis.

[citation needed] On March 9, 2006, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation announced a withdrawal of the Teddy Award given to the government of Manitoba.