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Originally Posted by MarchHare
That has nothing to do with equalization, though. There are several different transfer payment programs between Ottawa and the provinces. Equalization is one such program, from which Alberta does not currently receive any benefit (although we have in the past). So by saying that a hypothetical Wildrose government would negotiate a better equalization deal for Alberta, they're either being ignorant about what the program is and how it works, or they're being deliberately disingenuous in order to capitalize on fears of Eastern boogymen after Alberta's wealth.
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I agree, and understand the equalization program. If I had to guess, the Wildrose were more the latter than the former of your options. Politics is a dirty game and played that way by all sides.
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
The transfer payment you mentioned above is the Federal Health Transfer, a program in which every province -- including Alberta -- has always received funding.
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Yes, but until this federal budget Alberta, and several other provinces, received less per capita than certain other provinces. That is the only reason I brought that up.