Albertans facing a referendum question on equalization appear to be leaning toward supporting removing it from the Constitution, but don’t seem to know exactly what it is. A research brief from Common ...

Equalization has been part of Canada’s federal system since 1957, designed to help provinces deliver similar public services despite differences in revenue. It redistributes federal funds to less ...

Money talks, and in Canada, it’s been saying some controversial things lately. Equalization payments have sparked heated debates, with some provinces claiming they’re carrying the financial burden ...

There are, it is sometimes said, only six people in Canada who understand the equalization formula, and five of them are dead. This is not entirely a joke. Equalization – the system of federal ...

VANCOUVER, BC, July 14, 2026 /CNW/ - In 15 of the last 25 years (or 60 per cent of the time) at least one province with higher GDP per person received equalization, while one or more provinces with ...

Canada’s equalization program has been a perennial and controversial problem due to the sheer amount of money transferred every year, who funds it and the formula used to determine which province is ...

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TORONTO, May 7, 2026 /CNW/ - The structure of Canada's equalization program incentivizes Quebec to maintain below-market electricity rates and results in billions more in equalization payments for the ...