Removing resource revenue from equalization would do nothing for Alberta
By Ben Eisen and Joel Emes — Fraser Institute Recently Jason Kenney, candidate for the leadership of Alberta’s United Conservative Party, called for reform to Canada’s equalization program. Specifically, he suggested a referendum in Alberta to force the federal government to consider removing non-renewable resource revenue (in Alberta’s case, mostly revenue from oil) from calculations used to determine each province’s fiscal capacity (their ability to raise revenues to fund programs). The treatment of non-renewable resource revenue under equalization is an important and controversial issue, and there is a case to be made that under some circumstances they should be...
By Ben Eisen and Joel Emes — Fraser Institute Recently Jason Kenney, candidate for the leadership of Alberta’s United Conservative Party, called for reform to Canada’s equalization program. Specifically, he suggested a referendum in Alberta to force the federal...
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