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Federal-Provincial Financial Equalization and the Canadian Constitution

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  • D A L Auld

    (Department of Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada)

  • L B Eden

    (Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada)

Abstract

The development of federal-provincial financial equalization in Canada is reviewed in this essay. Also included is a discussion of the 1982–1987 fiscal arrangements; an explanation of two competing philosophies of equalization—fiscal need and fiscal equity; and an exploration of some implications of the 1982 Constitution Act for the future of equalization in Canada. It is concluded that the 1982 Act offers substantial support to the narrow-based fiscal equity principle and that future equalization programs in Canada should therefore be similar to current practice.

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  • D A L Auld & L B Eden, 1983. "Federal-Provincial Financial Equalization and the Canadian Constitution," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 1(4), pages 475-487, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:1:y:1983:i:4:p:475-487
    DOI: 10.1068/c010475
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    1. Douglas A. L. Auld & Lorraine Eden, 1987. "A Comparative Evaluation of Provincial-Local Equalization," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 13(4), pages 515-528, December.

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