[Newsbot]

Title: Ontario officiall a 'have not' province
Category: Business
Posted By: uwish
Date: 2008-11-03 13:54:42
Canadian

[uwish]

what scares me, is how much Quebec gets!

over 8 BILLION??

WTF are they doing over there? I guess the language police will have to right more tickets!

[BartSimpson]

About bloody time the Quebecers got off their useless butts and started carrying their own weight. Criminy, they take up more funds than everyone else COMBINED!!!

[hwacker]

With 50% imports it was just a matter when this was going to happen.

[Robair]

Should get a merged topic going here: post1360708#p1360708

[kenmore]

Well once upon a time Alberta was a have not province.. could happen again if oil keeps dropping LOL

[kenmore]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

About bloody time the Quebecers got off their useless butts and started carrying their own weight. Criminy, they take up more funds than everyone else COMBINED!!!

good thing you are not at arms length there big mouth...

[RUEZ]

Woah Bart Simpson, I think you've just been challenged.

[Streaker]

A big thank you to 'lil Stephen for shovelling all those petrodollars our way.

[RUEZ]

Streaker Streaker:

A big thank you to 'lil Stephen for shovelling all those petrodollars our way.

Yes, enjoy being dependant.

[dino_bobba_renno]

RUEZ RUEZ:

Woah Bart Simpson, I think you've just been challenged.

That or else he's trying to steal Barts wallet

[Wisdomtooth]

So it looks like the west will have to cover the rest, not that Ontario has not been there for the west but that is a small population Saskatchewan,Alberta,and BC to send equalization payments to cover roughly 27,000,000 people and Quebec take the largest chunk.

Equalization payments by province ($ millions):
Prince Edward Island
2008-09: 322
2009-10: 340
Nova Scotia
2008-09: 1,571
2009-10: 1,571
New Brunswick
2008-09: 1,584
2009-10: 1,689
Quebec
2008-09: 8,028
2009-10: 8,355
Ontario
2008-09: 0
2009-10: 347
Manitoba
2008-09: 2,063
2009-10: 2,063

[ridenrain]

This fits here:

[Marc01]

[RUEZ]

Marc01 Marc01:

I'm surprised that you can even show your face considering your welfare province is taking in 8 billion in charity.