Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says his party would revamp the country's fiscal stabilization program in what he calls a "first step to end the mistreatment of Western Canadians." "That's why a Conservative government will fix the Fiscal Stabilization Program as a first step to ensuring that Western Canadians are treated equally in our confederation." The fiscal stabilization program is intended to shore up provincial finances when there is a sudden drop in revenue. Bratt points out that the stabilization program is just that, a program, but equalization is written into the constitution. Support for energy industryIt wasn't just the fiscal stabilization program the opposition leader was pitching on Thursday.

Source: CBC News July 08, 2021 20:17 UTC