Refining Alberta’s Equalization Gambit argues that, despite popular misconceptions (particularly in Central Canada), Alberta can compel other provinces and the federal government to negotiate aspects of the Constitution including equalization. The essay cites past Supreme Court judgments and germane sections of the Constitution Act, 1982.
Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Atlantic Canada finds that public-sector employees in the four Atlantic provinces—including municipal, provincial and federal government workers—received 11.9 per cent higher wages on average than comparable workers in the private sector in 2018, and also enjoyed more generous pensions, earlier retirement, more time off for personal leave and greater job security.
Morneau seems uninterested in perilous state of federal finances (Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press)by Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, and Milagros Palacios The federal deficit this year will increase from original budget estimates of $19.8 billion to $26.6 billion.
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