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Municipal Taxpayer Advocacy Group has become the voice for taxpayers. 
Launched in October 2010, the Municipal Taxpayer Advocacy Group (MTAG) is a non-profit organization created to work with municipalities and related non-profit organizations across Canada to adopt public and private sector financial management best practices thereby creating value for taxpayer dollars. We are policy think tank working to also influence the federal government and provinces across Canada on issues like high value sole sourcing that also affects governance at the municipal level. Get involved and become a member today.
TOP 3 REASONS TO SIGN THE PETITION FOR STRONGER SOLE SOURCING LAWS
1. We need every available resource to address the rising health care costs of an aging population; the sole sourcing of Samsung Hydro, Presto and new Ontario gas plants is over $20 billion in direct and indirect multi-year costs.
2. We need to encourage the federal government or your province or city to adopt one or more of the 3 recommendations to solve the problem.
3. We need to provide a higher moral ground to promote ethics to the next generation, corrupt foreign governments and the perpetrators of gun crime for illicit financial gain.
- MTAG MILESTONES Read more here
- OTAG MILESTONES (2008 - 2010) Read more here
Comments by Community Leaders on OTAG Pierre Poilievre, MP, "applauded OTAG as a counter-balance to special interest groups which, he said, apply pressure on governments to spend more money on programs." Minister John Baird was on hand to deliver a short speech…"Any time you cut taxes and let people keep more of their hard-earned tax dollars, that's a good day".
Ottawa Citizen columnist Randall Denley “OTAG played a particularly important role...it found a political sweet spot. Mayor-elect Jim Watson picked up the no-new-money (any new project or service has to be paid for by an equivalent cut in an administration costs or an existing service) approach and outgoing Mayor Larry O'Brien championed the departmental budget freeze. Taxes will always be important in any municipal election, but OTAG kept the issue to the forefront and shaped the debate by offering achievable solutions to limit increases.“
Recent News Releases
- MTAG - NCC Transit Report Triggers Calls for Creation Of Waterfront Transit Chaudière Victoria
- MTAG - MTAG Applauds Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson & City Council for Setting Good Wi-fi Precedent for Canadian Municipalities
- MTAG - WATERFRONT OTTAWA CAMPAIGN LAUNCH Expert Opinions from Founder Delphi (Enviromental Engineering Consultants), NCC Masterplan Architect, Bank Street BIA Director and lessons from CEO Waterfront Toronto
- MTAG - Waterfront Ottawa by 5 Levels of Government - Mark Brandt, Chris Henderson, Gerry Lepage and John Campbell
- MTAG - Jim Flaherty’s Federal Budget mandatory P3 Screen for municipal projects - Baby Step in the Right Direction
- MTAG - MTAG presentation ($26 Billion Municipal Debt) to Ontario Standing Committee on Finance was well received by the NDP
- MTAG - Canada calls for Mandatory P3 costs benefit analysis for new transit, water, police, recreation & housing capital projects
- MTAG - Mayor Jim Watson's Green House Gases Roundtable should include Rogers TV show content on transit for rural suburban residents
- MTAG - Hill Times | We need a national strategy on $100,000-million sole-sourcing pdf
- MTAG - Bull Dog - Change Procurement After F-35: MTAG
- MTAG - Government Innovation Conference | Dec 3, 2012 - Event Pictures and Video
- OTAG - Should Ottawa City Council explore the idea of an open tendered outsourced 13 seater Jitneys for rural suburban residents?
- OTAG - CFRA Poll - On Rogers TV OTAG City Watch Show on Innovating Transit