Premier David Eby says B.C. is fully supporting Newfoundland and Labrador's court challenge over federal equalization payments. As Richard Zussman reports, Eby is even mulling his own legal claim, saying B.C. is also being short-changed.“We are struggling with this system that we’re paying into that goes directly to the people of Ontario, the people of Quebec,” Eby said Wednesday, at the final day of a meeting of premiers in Halifax.
“I am skeptical this would make B.C. eligible for equalization, and if so it would be a very small amount,” he said. Eby argues projects like B.C.’s Massey Tunnel replacement project have been promised federal dollars, but have yet to see the money.Under Trudeau, the civil service has grown twice as fast as Canada’s population