The provinces are more equal than ever before, but the equalization disparity keeps increasing in Alberta, B.C. and Ontario
Equalization is a controversial topic whenever it bubbles to the surface, and with the Alberta government promising a referendum in October on launching a constitutional challenge to equalization, the topic is already simmering.
Fairness Alberta was created in 2019 (before the Fair Deal Panel was struck), in part to ensure informed attention was given to this flawed program, but also to make Canadians aware that the wealth that’s transferred out of more productive provinces like Alberta and Ontario goes far beyond the equalization program.
