Mr. Speaker, the fourth petition highlights an issue that is of critical importance to my province: the issue of the fiscal stabilization fund. This is a mechanism by which provinces are able to receive support during unusual fiscal circumstances.
Petitioners note that the government has indicated its intention to increase the cap, but that is not good enough from the perspective of fiscal fairness. Petitioners are asking the government to remove the per capita cap on the fiscal stabilization, to pay the Province of Alberta the $4.6 billion that it would have received without the cap, and to establish fairness in terms of fiscal stabilization payments.
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