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   "Alan Baker"  wrote in message news:m5vs5e$n46$2@news.datemas.de...   
      
   > On 2014-12-06 21:10:09 +0000, (ಠ_ಠ) said:   
      
   > > On 12/6/2014 10:03 AM, M.I.Wakefield said:   
      
   Giving up on the healthcare funding discussion, Karen goes with a classic   
   "Hey!  Look over there!" move:   
      
   > > Ontario's equalization payment shrinking   
   > >   
   > > TORONTO - Ontario’s equalization payment is shrinking while Quebec’s   
   > > share gets bigger.   
      
   Good.  Equalization is based on need.  Declining equalization means that the   
   economy is improving.  Of course, this caused Wynne and her finance minister   
   to whine, because, math is hard, and they're getting less than they thought   
   they would be getting.   
      
   Note that the Health and Social transfers went up by $410 million and $131   
   million, respectively.   
      
   http://www.fin.gc.ca/fedprov/mtp-eng.asp#Ontario   
      
   > >> An increase that is smaller than you wanted is not a cut.  A cut is   
   > >> getting   
   > >> less than got previously.   
   > >   
   > > That's what Ontario got . . .  LESS than it had previously.  The numbers   
   > > are online, ya stupid person.  Your lies can't erase them.   
      
   Yes.  But Equalization has nothing to do with healthcare funding:  health   
   funding went up $410 million.   
      
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