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Alberta Wants to Tame Equalization | Edmonton News
Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith is pushing to overhaul Canada’s equalization program, not scrap it — targeting the controversial “escalator” rule that links payments to national economic growth. She argues it penalizes strong economies and proposes replacing it with a needs-based system, plus a per capita distribution of leftover funds. Smith also wants Ontario, with its booming economy, to stop receiving equalization payments altogether. While the program’s constitutional roots date to 1982 and aims to ensure fair public services across provinces, experts say the escalator has led to…
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