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1. Ottawa should make equalization more fair and shrink payments

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

2. Heavy reliance on Ottawa puts Atlantic Canada’s finances at risk

   The three Maritime provinces rely more heavily on federal transfers than any other province. ...

3. Maritime provinces could soon see smaller slice of equalization pie

   Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, December 8, 2020 Many Canadians have long thought of their country as divided between affluent “have” provinces and poorer “have-nots.” The traditional dividing line has been whether a province receives ...

4. Policymakers must recognize shrinking gap between rich and poor provinces

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, December 3, 2020 Many Canadians have long thought of their country as divided between affluent “have” provinces and poorer “have-nots.” The traditional dividing line has been whether a province receives equalization ...

5. Alberta ‘fiscal capacity’ plummeting, Kenney government must react

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, December 3, 2020 Many Canadians have long thought of their country as divided between affluent “have” provinces and poorer “have-nots.” The traditional dividing line has been whether a province receives equalization ...

6. The Great Convergence: Measuring the Fiscal Capacity Gap Between “Have” and “Have-Not” Provinces

   Since 2007/08, the fiscal capacity gap between richer and poorer Canadian provinces has shrunk dramatically, with the trend accelerating significantly after 2014–15. Fiscal capacity refers to a province’s ability to raise own-source revenues at tax rates ...

7. 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” ...

8. 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. ...

9. It’s time to let equalization shrink

   Canada’s equalization program has been in the news recently. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has repeatedly suggested his province may hold a referendum related to the program as part of a broader effort to push the federal government to ...

10. 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 ...