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Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci is not impressed with comments from the Quebec government stating clear opposition to pipelines being built through the province. Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said the federal equalization program needs fixing, because the way it is now doesn’t work for Albertans. Speaking in a scrum with reporters in Ottawa on Monday, Ceci said the current formula used to deem provinces either “have” or “have nots” has continually failed to help Alberta deal with significant hurts endured due to sharp losses of oil revenue. The formula allocates billions of dollars in payments to those provinces that are calculated to need extra help providing programs and services to citizens. READ MORE: Equalization payments — how they work, and why some provinces are upset “Equalization does not work for Alberta. We’ve expressed that view before,” he said. “It doesn’t work.” WATCH BELOW: Alberta finance minister talks oil prices during fiscal update His comments came during a meeting of federal and provincial finance ministers in Ottawa on Monday. Those talks came on the heels of the First Ministers’ Meeting in Montreal over the weekend where Ceci says Alberta Premier Rachel Notley had to “get her elbows up” in […]
