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Equalization payments are cash payments made in some federal systems of government from the federal government to subnational governments with the objective of offsetting differences in available revenue or in the cost of providing services.
Equalization is the Government of Canada's transfer program for addressing fiscal disparities among provinces. The purpose of the program was entrenched in the Canadian Constitution in 1982:
According to Yale professor Juan José Linz there are three main types of political systems today: democracies, totalitarian regimes and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes with hybrid regimes. [2] [3] Another modern classification system includes monarchies as a standalone entity or as a hybrid system of the main three. [4] .
Jun 22, 2018 · Equalization payments are one type of federal transfer given to provinces to help fund public programs and services. These payments aren’t given to all provinces, though. Provinces are divided...
In this episode, Alex Neve discusses his lifelong work advocating for human rights as a litigator, activist, and as the Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada. From the various international instruments used to inform his work, to refugee protection and data collection, Alex unpacks it all. What’s next in the fight for human rights? After decades-long work of drafting ...
Mar 9, 2022 · In some ways the act served as an equalizer, bringing multiculturalism to the forefront of our nation’s ethos. But, the better part of a century later, Canada is still reckoning with the discord and violence that can happen when citizens resent rather than honour the country’s diversity.
Horace Mann, a pioneer of American public schools in the 19th century, famously called education the “great equalizer of the conditions of men.” But the inverse is also true.
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