Equalization was designed to give cash to economically weaker provinces so that they would have total revenues that are comparable to a representative Canadian average. And at that task, the program works remarkably well. In doing so, however, the program also contains economic incentives that can lead recipient provinces to prefer the certainty of transfers from Ottawa over the uncertainties of trying to strengthen their economies and thereby make provincial tax bases stronger.
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Remove resource revenues from equalization