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How Equalization Punishes Canadians in High-Cost Provinces: Federal transfers are fundamentally unsound
Equalization punishes Canadians in high-cost provinces.
Bryan Schwartz
“If everyone is beholden to government, if you have a supplicant society, people are hesitant about engaging in free thinking and forthright criticism of government because that’s their funder. The other thing is that if you’re dependent on government you are less likely to think imaginatively and innovatively and cleverly about how to solve your own problems.”
The Coming Equalization Clash
Equalization, which is meant to provide roughly equivalent public services across Canada, is instead being used for corporate welfare and cheap power rates.
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Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
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