{"id":229233,"date":"2022-03-09T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/podcast\/fixing-our-messy-provincial-local-equalization-system-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T01:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:05:08","slug":"fixing-our-messy-provincial-local-equalization-system-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/podcast\/fixing-our-messy-provincial-local-equalization-system-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing our messy provincial-local equalization system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past few years municipal budgets have been strained<\/a>. In addition to the regular costs, the pandemic has created new and unpredictable expenses, climate-related disasters are increasing in number and scale<\/a>, and municipalities are on the front lines as first responders supporting their citizens.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where provincial-municipal equalization payments come in. Similar in concept to federal equalization payments, they are administered by the province. But the \u00a0design of the provincial-municipal equalization process needs to be revamped.<\/p>\n

Improving this system will not be easy, and when finances are on the line transparency is key.<\/p>\n

This week Enid Slack joins the podcast. She and the late Richard M. Bird have outlined<\/a> a way for provincial governments to work toward a better system of municipal equalization payments. Enid is director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance<\/a> at the University of Toronto\u2019s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the past few years municipal budgets have been strained. In addition to the regular costs, the pandemic has created new and unpredictable expenses, climate-related disasters are increasing in number and scale, and municipalities are on the front lines as first responders supporting their citizens. That\u2019s where provincial-municipal equalization payments come in. 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