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have province
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
Spelling variants:have-province, "have" province
n. — Politics
a province which does not receive equalization payments from the federal government, because the average per capita tax revenue exceeds a set level; a "rich" province.
Type: 1. Origin — While the first federal equalization payments go back to 1957, these payments were entrenched in the 1982 constitution (see Canadian Encyclopedia reference). The concept of equalization is meant to limit 'horizontal' inequalities, i.e. inequalities that depend on where in the country a citizen lives. Provinces whose tax revenue is higher than a per capita cut-off set by the federal government are considered have provinces, i.e. "rich" provinces, and would be net payers in the federal system of transfer payments. The term appeared in the 1960s and is today overwhelmingly used in Canada (see Chart 1).
See COD-2, which labels the term "Cdn".
See COD-2, which labels the term "Cdn".
Quotations
1969
Mr. Lougheed, with a small but effective striking force behind him in the house, has a head start over the other two men, in their aim to replace Social Credit in Alberta. The NDP has been able to attract only minimal support in this "have" province, and the Liberals have many long dry years behind them in Alberta.
1972
Mr. Regan said between $800-million and $900-million will be spent in Nova Scotia on offshore oil and gas exploration by 1980. Many international companies have built plants in the province, and in the next 12 years it will become "a have and not a have-not province."
1977
It is the great wealth of this whole nation that has allowed us to move with enlightened policies and enabled all of us, including some of us who at one time belonged to have-provinces, to feel we are full and equal citizens.
1989
Many Newfoundlanders look to Hibernia for economic salvation and are trying to sell it as a way for Newfoundland to become a "have" province and save Ottawa billions of dollars in transfer payments.
1999
British Columbia has traditionally allied herself with its fellow "have" provinces, Alberta and Ontario.
2011
The dispute was settled and, for the first time since Confederation, Newfoundland became a have province. But it's a fickle status that seems to be a matter of interpretation rather than a summation of the facts. Months later, we were demoted back to a have-not.
References
- Canadian Encyclopedia • "Equalization Payments"
- COD-2
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