Urban-Rural Disparities ..... "Equalization" by function
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:27 AM
To: cmuir@bcrea.bc.ca
Mr Muir,
re: BC Housing Market Exhibits Balanced Conditions -Regional Differences Persist
Hooray for the return to overall "balanced" conditions.
This urban -rural disparity embodies the conundrum of 21st Century Canada - people don't live in provinces, they live in and around cities.
The rich cities, subsidize the rural and then the rich provinces subsidize the poor ones.
What would Canada be if the 5-10 largest "urban-ities" were granted provincial status and told to tax & spend for their own constituents' needs - with no equalization in or out, while the rest of the country took care of itself fiscally but controlled the natural resource revenue?
Regards
rce
PS Remember the story about the economist with his/her feet in the freezer and her/his head in the oven? ... on average felt "fine"
To: cmuir@bcrea.bc.ca
Mr Muir,
re: BC Housing Market Exhibits Balanced Conditions -Regional Differences Persist
Hooray for the return to overall "balanced" conditions.
This urban -rural disparity embodies the conundrum of 21st Century Canada - people don't live in provinces, they live in and around cities.
The rich cities, subsidize the rural and then the rich provinces subsidize the poor ones.
What would Canada be if the 5-10 largest "urban-ities" were granted provincial status and told to tax & spend for their own constituents' needs - with no equalization in or out, while the rest of the country took care of itself fiscally but controlled the natural resource revenue?
Regards
rce
PS Remember the story about the economist with his/her feet in the freezer and her/his head in the oven? ... on average felt "fine"
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