Feds rankle provinces with spring timeline for stabilization fund changes
Finance ministers in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they expected
short-term fixes to the fiscal stabilization fund earlier than that and
are now wary they will have to wait until after the federal budget to
learn about the impact on their own finances.
short-term fixes to the fiscal stabilization fund earlier than that and
are now wary they will have to wait until after the federal budget to
learn about the impact on their own finances.
The program, which has not changed since 1995, provides help to
provinces facing a year-over-year decline in non-resource revenues, but
the money available to eligible provinces is capped at just $60 per
resident.