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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Wednesday, January 17

Equalization: A little light reading

by DavidAkin on Wed 17 Jan 2007 04:10 PM EST

For those of you who just can’t get enough of the whole equalization debate, you’ll be pleased to hear that the editors at the Institute for Research on Public Policy have helpfully pointed us to a few papers they’ve published over the last few years on this topic, all of them ... more »

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And nothing for the flattest province ...

by DavidAkin on Wed 17 Jan 2007 03:13 PM EST

The provincial government in Saskatchewan continues its public relations battle with the federal government over the issue of equalization payments. ... more »

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