I never worked on the equalization, so I will not go too far into that.
It depends on the program. There are some programs.... When the government develops the program, it has to decide if it is going to use the population or use a flat number and add up the population. When I was at Infrastructure, that's what we did for the territorial governments, for example.
Are you going to use an approach that is based more on emissions? If there are proceeds that are returned to Canadians, for example under the OBPS, the money has to go back where it came from. Provinces or businesses that emit more emissions will get more.
It really depends on the program, and it is based on what you're looking at in terms of objectives.