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Originally Posted by YUNEMUS
Alberta has made $240.000 billion contribution to equalization between 2007 and 2018
I always wonder that What could be done if this money remained in Alberta ?
What would have changed if this money remained in Alberta?
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Just a quick question. Have these number been normalized for the money the government spends outside of Canada? The federal government has no shortage of embassies, trade missions, military commitments etc. that is not spent in any province.
Many of the federal government spending are with large national service providers. For example Air Canada, WestJet, IBM, Purolator, KPMG, etc. How many of these are booked in Ottawa or Gatineau because that is where the local office that administers the account is located while at the same time the salaries are paying for people in other parts of the country?
On the revenue side, have these numbers been normalized for corporate tax returns in some way? For example do these number book WestJet and CP tax contribution to Alberta because that is the province their corporate return is filled or does it try to allocate that tax revenue based on the regions where the companies have operations?