Sask. to join Newfoundland and Labrador in court challenge over equalization formula

Saskatchewan's attorney general says the province will join Newfoundland and Labrador in its challenge of the federal government's equalization formula.Bronwyn Eyre, Saskatchewan's minister of justice and attorney general, said the province will act as an intervener and supporter in Newfoundland and Labrador's court action against the federal Liberal government over equalization payments.

Eyre said she has told Newfoundland and Labrador Justice Minister John Hogan that Saskatchewan will "formally" support the province's challenge. "A lot has changed over the years and there has been an eroding of the relationship with the federal government. There's an increasing sense that there is a great deal of injustice inherent in the equalization formula" and "an enormous undermining of cooperative federalism," she said.

Eyre said the equalization program does not factor in the diverse geographical layout and energy needs of the province.What a referendum on equalization could cost Sask. and why the government may pursue it "The Sask. Party just has zero credibility. It's been all hypocrisy, no delivery when it comes to equalization and a fair deal for Saskatchewan," he said.

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