{"id":175479,"date":"2022-03-09T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irpp-policy-options.local\/issues\/fixing-our-messy-provincial-local-equalization-system\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T03:25:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T07:25:42","slug":"fixing-our-messy-provincial-local-equalization-system","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/2022\/03\/fixing-our-messy-provincial-local-equalization-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing our messy provincial-local equalization system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/costofliving\/performative-brands-and-property-taxes-we-go-from-social-media-to-societal-costs-1.5598056\/canadian-municipalities-could-face-20b-budget-shortfall-from-3-months-of-covid-related-closures-1.5598079\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/magazines\/february-2022\/embracing-the-unknown-cost-of-climate-change\/\">number and scale<\/a>, and municipalities are on the front lines as first responders supporting their citizens.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Improving this system will not be easy, and when finances are on the line transparency is key.<\/p>\n<p>This week Enid Slack joins the podcast. She and the late Richard M. Bird <a href=\"https:\/\/munkschool.utoronto.ca\/imfg\/research\/doc\/?doc_id=575\">have outlined<\/a> a way for provincial governments to work toward a better system of municipal equalization payments. Enid is director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/munkschool.utoronto.ca\/imfg\/\">Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance<\/a> at the University of Toronto\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/munkschool.utoronto.ca\/\">Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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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