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MONTREAL - A new report by researchers at the Université de Montréal s HEC business school is calling for the end of federal transfers payments to the provinces.
The Peace tower is reflected in a window in Ottawa, Tuesday March 26, 2019. A new report by researchers at the Université de Montréal s HEC business school is calling for the end of federal transfers payments to the provinces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
MONTREAL - A new report by researchers at the Université de Montréal s HEC business school is calling for the end of federal transfers payments to the provinces.
Researchers suggest Ottawa eliminate health transfers, give provinces room to tax
by Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press
Posted May 20, 2021 8:14 am EDT
Last Updated May 20, 2021 at 8:28 am EDT
MONTREAL A new report by researchers at the Université de Montréal’s HEC business school is calling for the end of federal transfers payments to the provinces.
The report published Thursday suggests that ending the health and social transfers while giving provinces more space to raise tax revenue of their own could end the “tug of war” between the provinces and the federal government over the money.
Released by the Centre for Productivity and Prosperity – Walter J. Somers Foundation at HEC, the report recommends that equalization payments be maintained and that the Canadian Institute for Health Information be given more power, and turned into a sort of Parliamentary Budget Officer for health care, in an effort the make provincial health-care systems more accountable t