The three Maritime provinces rely more heavily on federal transfers than any other province.
equalization transfers
August 22, 2017
9:33AM
The gap between richer and poorer provinces has been shrinking.
January 21, 2016
12:23PM
Ontario and Quebec now receive approximately 70 per cent of all equalization payments.
December 29, 2015
1:49PM
During 10-year period, major federal transfers to Ontario rose from $10.9 billion to $20.4 billion—an increase of 87.8 per cent.
November 7, 2013
2:00AM
In a recent drive from Saint John to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, I marvelled at the mostly four-lane highway that connected the two points on the map and how empty it was on a Friday evening on a long weekend. I compared it with much of the TransCanada highway in British Columbia, four-laned in portions where it should be six, and often only two-laned where it should be four, as well as to the regularly packed four-lane highway between Edmonton and Calgary.