Fraser Institute News Release: Provinces risk their finances by relying on federal transfers for programs in areas of provincial jurisdiction

“When the federal government makes spending commitments in areas of provincial jurisdiction, there is always the risk that when the federal government changes, or federal government priorities change, the provinces will be on the hook to finance those programs and their increasing costs,” said Tegan Hill, a senior economist with the Fraser Institute and co-author of Repeating the Past: Provinces Accept Federal Money at Their Peril.