New figures from Ottawa show the Manitoba government is forecast to see its federal equalization payments jump by $355 million, or 7.5 per cent, in the next fiscal year, to a total of $5 billion.

One of the notable points in Saskatchewan’s battle against the current system came in 2018, when Moe put forward a plan to reform it by cutting the total by about 50 per cent and then redistributing ...

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University of Saskatchewan provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Saskatchewan provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Canada’s equalization ...

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 ...

With a federal election on the horizon, Alberta and Saskatchewan's premiers are again making noise about the country's contentious equalization program. The federal equalization program is funded ...

The official results show that 61.7 per cent of Albertans voted in favour of removing equalization from the constitution You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have ...

1:36 ‘This is bad faith’ says Kenney of Liberal equalization formula extension Equalization payments have long been a contentious issue between the Canadian government and provinces. The payments are ...