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Uh huh, Quebec is enjoying it's 'culture' and nice laid back lifestyle at the expense of the uncultured Anglaise as the highest recipient of equalization payments: Quebec ($7.833 billion)

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Québec is only receiving equalization because of the money AB and SK are (were) making off oil. Given that even Ontario is receiving equalization, and that Quebec's payment is about half (per capita) than NB and PEI's payment, I'm still not sure I understand why language has anything to do with it. If that was even your argument.

Do you even know of the equalization payments are calculated? Also, back 20 years ago and before, it was Québec that was paying the equalization payments to Alberta and the western provinces.

I remember the news from 20 years ago, 1995, and my recollection is that Quebec was a have not province back then.

I think Quebec has pretty much forever been a have not province.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/time-for-quebec-to-end-equ...

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