equalization

10:06AM
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Initiatives to equalize everyone will only result in disorder

When government gives some people the right to take things from other people, the powerful often do the taking.


3:21PM
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Alberta’s ‘yes’ vote on equalization only first step to fix larger broken system

Ottawa raised $280 billion more from Albertans than it spent in Alberta from 2007 to 2019.


5:00PM
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Pressure mounts to change ‘stabilization’ program and increase payments to Alberta

Alberta received just $249 million in payments despite a revenue loss of $7.2 billion.


3:18PM
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New report notes ‘over-equalizing’ nature of equalization program

Currently, equalization payments increase in line with nominal GDP growth.


11:12AM
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Maritime provinces vulnerable to any future changes to equalization program

In 2019/20, equalization comprised 21 per cent of provincial government revenue in Prince Edward Island.


10:12AM
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Equalization is broken and needs fixing now

The fiscal capacity gap between “have” and "have-not" provinces has shrunk from 27 per cent to 6 per cent.