CdnFox Posted May 30, 2024 Report Posted May 30, 2024 N.L. says it will take Ottawa to court over equalization formula (msn.com) Two Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet ministers said Thursday the province will take the federal government to court to try to push a change in the equalization formula, arguing the province is being cut out of potentially billions of dollars in the long term. Finance Minister Siobhan Coady and Justice Minister John Hogan said the province decided to head to the courts when the federal Liberal government extended the current formula to 2029, effectively rejecting a series of pleas for change. "Our concerns have not been addressed. They have been dismissed," Coady told reporters Thursday. "Fairness for all citizens — as currently designed, equalization does not achieve this objective for the people of Newfoundland and Labrador." Well this should already help their weakening situation in The maritimes. It's like they don't even want to win the next election Quote There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data
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