Equalization Payments
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Federal equalization payments to Manitoba to rise by $355M next yearEqualization payments to the province have risen steadily for more than a decade, and next year's forecast total of $5 billion is double what Manitoba received in 2020.PoliticsDec 12, 2025
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Federal equalization payments to Manitoba jump, NDP say use it for healthThe Manitoba government is forecast to see its equalization payments from the federal government jump by $577 million in the fiscal year that will start in April.PoliticsDec 19, 2022
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Alberta moves forward on equalization referendum, with vote proposed in OctoberIf passed, the referendum would be held in conjunction with municipal elections Oct. 18.CanadaJun 7, 2021
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Kenney ‘profoundly disappointed’ in federal transfers for AlbertaPremier Jason Kenney reiterated his government's plans to hold a referendum on scrapping equalization.PoliticsDec 18, 2020
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Provinces missed out on $14.5B in equalization payments due to rule change: PBOThe spending watchdog's review of a decade of federal payments to provinces showed that federal coffers have saved $14.5 billion over that time.CanadaSep 3, 2020
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Alberta premier promises referendum on equalization reformKenney says he will call a referendum on pushing Ottawa for a better deal on equalization payments as well as explore the province cutting ties with the RCMP and leaving the Canada Pension Plan.CanadaJun 17, 2020
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Ignore the Buffalo Declaration if you wish, but don’t ignore what’s happening in AlbertaWe're free to disagree with the Buffalo Declaration, but Rob Breakenridge says we ignore the issues it raises at our peril.CommentaryFeb 22, 2020
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Alberta MPs issue Buffalo Declaration to call on Ottawa to address western alienationFour Conservative MPs have published an online manifesto decrying what they call the unfair treatment of Alberta within Confederation and a lack of acknowledgement that the province is a "culturally distinct region."PoliticsFeb 21, 2020
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Finance ministers to push Morneau for health care, stabilization funds at meetingThe country's finance ministers are meeting in Ottawa Tuesday, with more federal help for resource-dependent provinces such as Alberta on the agenda.PoliticsDec 17, 2019
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Ottawa needs to improve fiscal stabilization for all provinces: Donna HarpauerSaskatchewan wants the $60 per capita limit on stabilization payments dropped and the qualifying threshold for non-resource revenues lowered.CanadaDec 16, 2019
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