Federal Economic Policies

[apollo19]

I couldn't find any posts on this topic, so I started one...

With differing growth prospects and places in the business cycle for different provinces and regions, I was wondering what everyone thinks of the current federal fiscal and monetary policies.

BC Growth 2004: 3.9%

Alberta Growth 2004: 3.7%

Sask Growth 2004: 3.5%

As you can see, these three Western provinces have strong growth, while Manitoba-eastward falls behind, ranging from 2.6% in Ontario to -0.7% in Newfoundland. (source: http://www.bcbc.com/archive/bcesv4n2.pdf )

Any views on how the federal government can balance out the differing growth patterns for the areas to continue strong growth, or if it is at all possible to impose one policy for a faster-growing area in expansion, and a slower-growing area nearing the peak?