BC will get her due in this new formula as well. The new report recommends that property value is included in fiscal capacity for each province. BC will see it's have-not status rejected by that new calculation alone.
In the end, resources need to be included in one way or another otherwise the country's industrial and manufacturing base in Ontario will just not be able to shoulder the burden any longer.
Remember that Ontario is the leveling off point for resource rich provinces. No province should have a fiscal capacity above the average and still receive equalization. Newfoundlanders and Saskatchewanites can moan all they want, it just simply isn't fair to the rest of the federation and to the biggest payer of the bill, Ontario.
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