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1. 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. ...

2. New report notes ‘over-equalizing’ nature of equalization program

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

3. Ottawa should make equalization more fair and shrink payments

   Albertans will likely vote on equalization in October. ...

4. 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. ...

5. Measuring the Equalization Clawback on Natural Resource Revenue in Have-Not Provinces

   Over time, critics have identified many problems with Canada’s equalization program. This study will examine and quantify one such problem: the disincentive that the program creates for the development and deployment of natural resources in “have-not” ...

6. Equalization is broken and needs fixing now

   Appeared in the National Post, June 18, 2020 While the full extent of the damage is not yet known, the economic consequences of the COVID recession have been severe. Millions are now unemployed and countless businesses have been shuttered, some forever. ...

7. Why Is Equalization Still Growing?

   Equalization is a federal government program that aims to provide all Canadians with access to comparable public services at comparable levels of taxation. To do this, it transfers federal tax dollars collected from taxpayers across the country directly ...

8. Equalization—separating fact from fiction

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, December 20, 2018 Recently, the Trudeau government announced its forecasted equalization payments for 2019/20—the money sent by Ottawa to “have-not” provinces via Canada’s equalization program. Quebec’s take will increase ...

9. Equalization is not to blame—Alberta is

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, June 23, 2018 In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, one of the conspirators encourages his ally not to blame fate for his misfortunes, but rather to recognize his own responsibility. “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars ...

10. Removing resource revenue from equalization would do nothing for Alberta

    Appeared in National Newswatch, October 5, 2017 Recently Jason Kenney (pictured above), candidate for the leadership of Alberta’s United Conservative Party, called for reform to Canada’s equalization program. Specifically, he suggested a referendum in ...