From: abc@a123.ca   
      
   Taxpayer watchdog gets new top dogTaxpayer watchdog gets new top dog   
      
   July 22, 2011.   
      
   The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has a new permanent national director,   
   replacing Kevin Gaudet, who stepped down in March after two years at the   
   helm.   
      
      
   Former national director with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Kevin   
   Gaudet standing beside the national debt clock.   
      
   The organization has strong Conservative roots,  trumpeting lower taxes   
   and trying to call attention to government waste.   
      
   Gregory Thomas was promoted from director for British Columbia, a   
   position he has held since November, the federation said Friday.   
      
   Thomas joined the federation after after 20 years in the investment and   
   banking industry as an adviser and financial planner, according to his   
   online bio.   
      
   Readers of the Vancouver Sun might also remember him from the daily   
   financial markets he wrote for the paper.   
      
   Thomas also helped launch last winter’s national debt clock tour, much to   
   the chagrin of B.C. Premier Christy Clark   
      
   “Whether he’s debating a politician on TV, skewering a party platform in   
   an op-ed or presenting to a government committee, you always know Gregory   
   has an arsenal of facts, figures and arguments he’s ready to unleash,”   
   CTF national communications manager, Scott Hennig, said in a statement.   
   “We know he will work hard to ensure the concerns of CTF supporters are   
   clearly articulated in Ottawa.”   
      
   Gaudet took over as national director in 2009. Citizenship and   
   Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is a former director.   
      
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