There are, it is sometimes said, only six people in Canada who understand the equalization formula, and five of them are dead ...

One of Alberta’s leading economists says that tying federal equalization payments directly to provincial GDP could help ease ...

The federal equalization program has become a flashpoint in the separatism debate in Alberta, a shorthand for the sense that the province is somehow being fleeced by the rest of the country. Much of ...

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 lower GDP per person received none, ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces Alberta Next panel details at Heritage Park as Business Council of Alberta president Adam Legge listens on June 24. (Credit: Gavin Young/Postmedia files) The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oftentimes, the hardest aspect of Illinois’ complex tax system for taxpayers to comprehend is the equalization factor. A vital part of Illinois’ property tax system, this seemingly confusing number is ...

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