> it's clearly poor for a more advanced province. It has to. For political reasons. The transfer payments equation basically dictates how much it should spend

> it's clearly poor for a more advanced province. It has to. For political reasons. The transfer payments equation basically dictates how much it should spend. If the province got richer it would end up in a situation where it pays more than receive from the federal government. Just imagine the constant electoral adds "instead of hiring X teachers we were forced by the feds to write a check to Newfoundland or some other money pit".