As a share of the province’s total government revenue, New Brunswick’s equalization payments fell from 23.7 per cent to 19 per cent.
equalization policy
June 25, 2020
2:25PM
In 2019, equalization represented 15.5 per cent of provincial revenue in Nova Scotia.
February 3, 2020
11:22AM
The legislative resolution, not the referendum, will trigger the duty to negotiate.
November 5, 2019
9:29AM
The equalization program will cost nearly $20 billion this year.
December 20, 2018
10:02AM
Alberta ran a $3.1 billion deficit in 2012/13—when oil prices were over US$80 per barrel.
October 5, 2017
11:37AM
Jason Kenney, leadership candidate for Alberta’s United Conservative Party, called for reform to Canada’s equalization program.
