Article content material
They known as her “hell in heels” when she labored at Toronto Metropolis Corridor.
Commercial 2
Article content material
Adrienne Batra, the Toronto Solar’s formidable Editor-in-Chief, was acknowledged Thursday by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation with the TaxFighter Award — an honour for the choose few who’ve contributed to tax reduction and take a stand on taxpayer emancipation.
Article content material
Batra was additionally added to the TaxFighter Honour Roll at a reception that night.
President of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Scott Hennig defined in an interview that Batra was chosen for this award “for a mix of her coverage work and her character.”
“A typical thread in a tribute video for the award reception is individuals talking about her character. Whenever you meet her, that’s what stands out,” mentioned Hennig. “She’s fearless.”
Batra has a profession historical past of preventing for the underdog that stretches again 20 years to her roots in Western Canada.
Commercial 3
Article content material
She was communications director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in Regina and later moved to Winnipeg, the place she labored with Mayor Sam Katz on a particular fee to assist get the town’s funds so as.
RECOMMENDED VIDEO
The fee’s work ended up serving to a lot of the province, mentioned Hennig, given how the inhabitants is closely centred round Winnipeg.
“Change there impacts an excellent chunk of the inhabitants of Manitoba. Adrienne helped have an effect on substantive change that impacted numerous Manitobans.”
Just some years prior, added Hennig, Batra had personally delivered the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Teddy Waste Award — given yearly to essentially the most wasteful authorities particular person or division — to then-mayor of Winnipeg Glen Murray.
Commercial 4
Article content material
Murray was “honoured” with the award, which is a golden pig, for placing a bathroom on the the Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge throughout the Crimson River in Winnipeg — a bathroom that value taxpayers $1,000,000 in particular plumbing.
“Adrienne purchased a piggy financial institution, spray-painted it gold and took it to the mayor’s workplace. After which when he got here out to defend himself, she went toe-to-toe with him,” laughed Hennig. “We frequently inform that story to new recruits right here to encourage them to be fearless like Adrienne is in every thing she does.
“It interprets to the work she’s doing now on the Solar,” he mentioned. “She’s completely satisfied to take dangers on writers with sturdy opinions if she thinks they’ve one thing to say.”
RECOMMENDED VIDEO
Batra ultimately moved to Toronto and labored in Mayor Rob Ford’s workplace, the place she pushed for issues like chopping spending on Metropolis Corridor budgets and council budgets — and earned the “hell in heels” monicker.
Commercial 5
Article content material
“The automotive tax David Miller had put in place,” mentioned Hennig, “that’s one Ford killed, and he or she was pleased with having the ability to push that in her time at Metropolis Corridor.”
Batra then went to the Toronto Solar the place she turned Editor-in-Chief; her political commentary is heard on Newstalk 1010, World Information and CTV Information, CBC, CP24 and AM640.
The tribute TaxFighter Award has been give out since 1996 to to politicians, lecturers, journalists and activists. It’s been awarded to fewer than 30 individuals.
On Thursday, Batra mentioned the Taxfighter Award was notably essential to her.
“It’s a wrestle every day, preventing for the precept of restricted authorities. This recognition is critical due to the work we proceed to do on the Toronto Solar, preventing for the little man.”
Requested particularly about that golden pig award, Batra laughed, however added, “Sadly, Glen Murray is about to be elected mayor of Winnipeg once more! So the work of preventing taxes isn’t completed.”
