#17 A Money Manel: Equalization & Inflation

November 2, 2021

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Alberta thinks it made a "powerful" statement to Ottawa this week. And the Bank of Canada says inflation is persistent, which can also be perceived as good news if you look really hard.

Tiffany Lam

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Tristan Capacchione

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This week’s contributors: Drew Brown, Murad Hemmadi, Jason Markusoff

Links:

Trevor Tombe’s tool that helped us understand equalization payments a bit better
The Conversation’s piece on equalization overhaul
The TikTok on inflation from Kyne
Chrystia Freeland’s statement about reining in COVID-19 measures

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