Summary
Manitoba, however, is getting the benefit of a Flaherty promise that no province would see a reduction in equalization in 2009-10 as a new formula kicks in. Because of its better-than-the-national-average economic performance, Manitoba should be getting $74 million less in equalization in 2009-10, but is actually getting the same $2.063 billion it got in 2008-09.
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Change to Transfers Hurts Manitoba, Mps Say
OTTAWA - Manitoba is getting the short end of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's budget stick with a sudden change in federal health transfers, Winnipeg NDP MPs...
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