llama66 llama66:
ATM as in the provinces Ontario and Quebec pillages for the money to fund their social programs.
Misconceptions and ignorance abound.
1) Ontario doesn’t receive equalization payments
2) Equalization program is federal government program spending that comes from federal general tax revenues not some special levy against “have” provinces in otherwords in comes from the federal taxes that all Canadians pay anyway. An end to Equalization would not result in any tax cuts
3) Ontario is and always has been the largest economy in Canada therefore the largest overall contributor to federal revenues and therefore to transfer payments.
4) Saskatchewan has always been a “have not” province in recept of equalization payments for its entire existence up until 2009
Really? your going with Ontario doesn't get equalization payments? So whats the 1.424 billion in equalization payments Ontario is going to receive actually? The only province that has never received an equalization payment is Alberta.