How unfair is Ottawa to the provinces? Equalization isn’t the half of it
July 25, 2018
One unfair fiscal transfer has resulted in Ontarians over-contributing to EI by nearly $12 billion over the last 10 years Read More
July 25, 2018
One unfair fiscal transfer has resulted in Ontarians over-contributing to EI by nearly $12 billion over the last 10 years Read More
July 25, 2018
Over the ten years from 2007 to 2016, Ontarians paid a total of $96.3 billion more in federal taxes than they received in federal spending. In 2016 alone, that gap was $12.9 billion. This is the key finding from A Fair Fiscal Deal: Towards a more principled allocation of federal transfers, Mowat’s latest report. Read More
July 25, 2018
Over many years, the Mowat Centre’s research has documented the fact that Ontarians receive far less in federal spending than they send to the federal government in tax revenue. Newly released data again highlights this “fiscal gap” – and shows that it is growing. Read More
March 15, 2018
The 2018 federal budget contained many positives. Action on gender inequality and the gender wage gap, on research underfunding, and on many other items was long in coming. Read More
February 22, 2018
In the weeks leading up to Family Day, Canada’s governments did what many families often do: argue about money. This year’s quibble focused on the Equalization program – and largely missed the mark.
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August 24, 2017
The “gap” is a dollar figure that seeks to measure a province’s aggregate net fiscal contribution or benefit vis-à-vis the rest of the federation. The federal government collects financial resources from its myriad revenue sources. Read More
June 1, 2017
The Equalization program plays an important role in the fiscal arrangements that underpin Canada’s federal system. However, the program is and will continue to be beset by problems. In this report, the Mowat Centre examines the most critical of these problems: the issues of unpredictability and unequalized fiscal capacity. Read More
May 24, 2017
January 4, 2017
Ontarians have consistently contributed more to the federal government in total tax revenue than they have received in federal spending in return. Using newly-updated StatsCan data, this report undertakes a quantitative analysis of the elements of the federal government’s revenue raising and spending practices to identify which of those elements lead to net contributions or benefits to the federation, with a particular focus on Ontario. Read More
August 9, 2016
Erich Hartmann, Mowat’s Practice Lead – Intergovernmental Affairs, explains how Canada’s Equalization program and other transfer payments work in the context of the recent economic downturn in Alberta. Read More
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