Reforms in the 1990s led to a marked decline in welfare dependency and reduced spending on social assistance.
equalization policy
August 4, 2021
5:00PM
Alberta received just $249 million in payments despite a revenue loss of $7.2 billion.
July 7, 2021
3:18PM
Currently, equalization payments increase in line with nominal GDP growth.
June 30, 2021
8:50AM
Albertans will likely vote on equalization in October.
June 17, 2021
11:12AM
In 2019/20, equalization comprised 21 per cent of provincial government revenue in Prince Edward Island.
December 8, 2020
4:03PM
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.
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.