Reading Time: 3 minutes Encouraging short-term stability at the expense of economic performance and fairness is folly when alternatives are available
Author: David MacKinnon
David McKinnon served as Director, Planning and Economics and Executive Director, Development Strategy in the Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development from 1976 to 1981. He later served in several senior capacities in the Ontario Public Service, the Bank of Montreal and as CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association from 1996 to 2003.
Time to rethink the federal transfers system
Reading Time: 4 minutes Atlantic Canada enjoys a level of public spending that far outreaches that of the provinces that contribute most to equalization payments
Equalization hurts every Canadian
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time to get past political posturing and regional protectionism and reform the national equalization payment program