{"id":229163,"date":"2021-10-28T19:06:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/podcast\/the-politics-and-pitfalls-of-equalization-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T01:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:05:06","slug":"the-politics-and-pitfalls-of-equalization-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/podcast\/the-politics-and-pitfalls-of-equalization-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The politics and pitfalls of equalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1149780580&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Policy Options Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/irpp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Policy Options Podcast<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"The politics and pitfalls of equalization\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/irpp\/the-politics-and-pitfalls-of-equalization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The politics and pitfalls of equalization<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Alberta has spoken! On October 18, as Albertans voted in municipal elections, there were two additional questions on the ballot. One was fairly inconsequential and asked people if they \u00a0preferred doing away with daylight savings. It was narrowly rejected, with just 50.2 per cent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The second was more weighty and could end up changing the Canadian Constitution. Albertans were asked if section 36(2) of the <em>Constitution Act<\/em>, concerning equalization payments, should be removed from the Constitution. To that question, they said \u201cYES,\u201d with 62 per cent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/magazines\/october-2021\/alberta-quebec-and-the-politics-of-equalization\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alberta, Quebec, and the politics of equalization<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/centre.irpp.org\/research-studies\/identite-et-ressentiment-expliquer-le-soutien-au-programme-federal-de-perequation\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Identit\u00e9 et ressentiment :\u2008expliquer le soutien au programme f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de p\u00e9r\u00e9quation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But what on earth is equalization!? And what happens now? Will Alberta be able to convince other provinces to get on board? And will the federal government entertain the idea of a constitutional change?<\/p>\n<p>To answer these questions, we speak with two professors in Alberta. First up is Trevor Tombe, \u00a0professor of economics at the University of Calgary and research fellow at the School of Public Policy. His research focuses on international trade, macroeconomics and fiscal federalism. He will explain what equalization is, and talk about the flaws in the program.<\/p>\n<p>Then we speak with political science professor Lisa Young, also at the University of Calgary. She researches Canadian political parties, women&#8217;s participation in politics, interest groups and social movements, and the regulation of electoral finance. She will discuss what this vote might mean for Alberta and for the rest of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy Options Podcast \u00b7 The politics and pitfalls of equalization Alberta has spoken! On October 18, as Albertans voted in municipal elections, there were two additional questions on the ballot. One was fairly inconsequential and asked people if they \u00a0preferred doing away with daylight savings. It was narrowly rejected, with just 50.2 per cent of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":229153,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[9368,9362,9358],"tags":[8827,8538,9132],"irpp-category":[4217,4245,4295],"section":[],"irpp-tag":[],"class_list":["post-229163","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts-fr","category-economie","category-politique","tag-economie","tag-multilateralism-fr","tag-politique-canadienne","irpp-category-affaires-internationales","irpp-category-economie","irpp-category-politique"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The politics and pitfalls of equalization - Policy Options<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/podcast\/the-politics-and-pitfalls-of-equalization-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The politics and pitfalls of equalization - Policy Options\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Policy Options Podcast \u00b7 The politics and pitfalls of equalization Alberta has spoken! 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