The fiscal capacity gap between “have” and "have-not" provinces has shrunk from 27 per cent to 6 per cent.
equalization
Août 25, 2020
1:00AM
Février 3, 2020
11:22AM
The legislative resolution, not the referendum, will trigger the duty to negotiate.
Décembre 20, 2018
10:02AM
Alberta ran a $3.1 billion deficit in 2012/13—when oil prices were over US$80 per barrel.
Décembre 19, 2018
11:45AM
Quebec slammed the door on the resurrection of the Energy East pipeline.
Juillet 20, 2018
3:54PM
The two biggest automatic stabilizers from Ottawa are income taxes and employment insurance payments.
Juin 26, 2018
7:25AM
Successive governments have increased spending faster than the rate of economic growth or inflation-plus-population.
Juin 21, 2018
10:19AM
Equalization makes for a handy scapegoat, but successive Alberta governments have no one to blame but themselves for the province’s fiscal problems.