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Equalization Program

THE HONOURABLE PAT MELLA, Provincial Treasurer for Prince Edward Island, took the province's concerns over deficiencies in the Equalization program back to Parliament Hill October 24. Earlier this year, she spoke to the Commons Finance Committee. This time she was invited to confer with the Senate Committee on National Finances."

News Releases

• Provincial Treasurer Takes the Province's Case Concerning the Equalization Program to the Senate National Finance Committee.
• Atlantic Provinces' Finance Ministers Meeting In Charlottetown
• Minister Mella Joins Atlantic Finance Ministers in Ottawa
• Atlantic Premiers' Press Release

Minister's Presentations to Finance Standing Committees

• Presentation to the Senate Committee on National Finance Concerning the Equalization Program [29KB PDF file]
• Présentation au Comité sénatorial permanent des finances nationales sur le Programme de péréquation [37KB PDF file]
• Submission Concerning Bill C-18, An Act to Amend the Federal Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act [25KB PDF file]
• Présentation concernant le projet de loi C-18, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les arrangements fiscaux entre le gouvernment fédéral et les provinces [28KB PDF file]

Background Information

• Equalization Declining as a Share of Federal Revenues [3KB PDF file]
• 2001 Provincial Budget: Paper B: Federal Fiscal Issues [163KB, PDF]