The Art of Sharing: The Richer Versus the Poorer Provinces Since Confederation Volume 250

by Mary Janigan

Book Overview

In 1957 after a century of scathing debates and threats of provincial separation Ottawa finally tackled the dangerous fiscal inequalities among its richer and poorer provinces. Equalization grants allowed the poorer provinces to provide relatively equal services for relatively equal levels of taxation. The Art of Sharing tells the dramatic history of Canada's efforts to save itself. The introduction of federal equalization grants was controversial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228002109
• ISBN13: 9780228002109
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.9"