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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall wants cuts to the federal equalization program, suggesting some of the have-not provinces are getting too much money that could be better spent elsewhere.

“It is a lot of money to go out in a way that seems to be dated and not always efficient, and infrastructure and tax relief might be an option instead,” Wall said Wednesday.

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“I agree with the principle of equalizing access to services such as health and education. However, my big criticism of the program is that it has propped up provincial regimes that are chronically bad, irresponsible money managers (Quebec for decades and Ontario more recently, both provinces that are big and rich in resources and have no business needing support payments). So, suppose as some commenters have gleefully pointed out, Alberta and Saskatchewan do go in the tank because of oil prices. Without any “have” provinces left, who’s going to pay the bills for this grand scheme? You don’t mean, you couldn’t mean could you, that just like with my own home budget which I have to keep balanced every month, that each province would have to do the same? God forbid, what a preposterous idea.” – Misty7Isle