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McParland: Report says Ontario is big loser in broken equalization program

If Ontario’s Liberal leadership hopefuls were looking for material to spice up their race — calling it a snoozer so far would be an understatement — there’s an issue out there waiting to be seized. And they wouldn’t even have … Continue reading

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Ibbitson: Can only one man see that Canada’s equalization program is broken?

No one does a better job than David MacKinnon of revealing what he calls “the tragic consequences” of Canada’s broken equalization program. But the real tragedy may be that no one, especially no one in Ontario, seems to be listening. … Continue reading

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Time for Quebec to end equalization addiction: Montreal think-tank (1)

Quebec may not be able to keep its gold-plated welfare state, but either way, it is time to break the province’s 55-year “welfare trap” addiction to equalization payments, according to an economic note by the Montreal Economic Institute. “Quebecers are … Continue reading

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Inequalities of equalization leave Ontarians worse off

For more than 20 years, the cracks in Canada’s system of equalization and regional subsidies have been increasingly obvious. But few have had the knowledge, or the political will, to find a solution to the problem. The release of two … Continue reading

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