Summary
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- Newfoundland and Labrador, considered for generations the poor cousin of Confederation, heralded a new era of economic independence Tuesday with a budget that delivers a substantial surplus and promises for the first time to pull it off the list of "have-not" provinces.
"That was a fairly minor factor, in fact, when you go through the calculations," [Don Drummond] said. "It was basically the western provinces, in particular Alberta, have been earning so much resource royalties, and that interacted with the change in the formula that was made last year."See the full content of this document
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Newfoundland Gaining, Ontario Slipping
By Tara Brautigam
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- Newfoundland and Labrador, considered for generations the poor co...See the full content of this document
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