Equalization payments — are cash payments made in some federal systems of government from the federal government to state or provincial governments with the objective of offsetting differences in available revenue or in the cost of providing services.CanadaIn Canada,… … Wikipedia
Equalization payments in Canada — Transfer Payments in Canada Canada Health Transfer Canada Social Transfer Equalization payments in Canada Territorial Formula Financing In Canada, the federal government makes equalization payments … Wikipedia
Equalization (disambiguation) — Equalization is correction for frequency dependent processing of audio signals.Equalization may also be:* Equalization (computing) * Equalization of pressure within the ear, a.k.a. ear clearing * Financial processes: ** Factor price equalization… … Wikipedia
Equalization pool — Articleissues context = January 2008 copyedit = January 2008 wikify = January 2008An equalization pool is a term used in many different industries or national settings to describe a fund from which to level out differences in collective… … Wikipedia
equalization fund — noun 1. : a fund for equalizing payments or income to various classes of persons; specifically : a fund raised by tariff duties on certain products and used for equalizing the income of producers of those products in proportion to their… … Useful english dictionary
Interest Equalization Tax — A federal levy on the purchase price on foreign stocks and bonds bought by Americans. The interest equalization tax (IET) was established in 1963 and eliminated in 1974. It was designed to decrease the U.S. balance of payments deficit by… … Investment dictionary
interest equalization tax — A tax on the acquisition of foreign securities, being an economic device imposed to increase the cost to foreigners of borrowing United States capital, for the purpose of cutting down the flow of United States capital abroad, thereby improving… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Western alienation — Western alienation, in Canadian politics, is the concept of the Western provinces, namely British Columbia (B.C.), Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, being alienated, and in extreme cases excluded, from mainstream political affairs within the… … Wikipedia
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier exploration and development) — discoveries took place near population centres or along lines of penetration into the frontier. The first oil play, for example, was in southern Ontario. The first western natural gas discovery occurred on a Canadian Pacific Railway right of way … Wikipedia
Comparison of Canadian and United States governments — Though there are many similarities between the politics of Canada and the politics of the United States, there are also important differences. Many of the differences and similarities have formed the foundation for debates in the nineteenth,… … Wikipedia
