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Prime Minister Harper writes Government Leader Dennis Fentie on plan to restore fiscal balance in Canada

19 March 2007
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today wrote Government Leader Dennis Fentie to outline the benefits for the Yukon in the fiscal balance plan set out in Budget 2007. 

The plan announced today is based on national principles, while treating each province fairly and meeting the government’s commitments.

Prime Minister Harper’s letter highlighted the following issues:

  • The fiscal balance plan reforms Territorial Formula Financing to meet the unique needs of the North.

  • The Yukon will also benefit from the new formula for allocating infrastructure transfers.  This provides all jurisdictions with floor funding of $25 million per year, in recognition of the particular challenges facing provinces and territories with smaller populations.

    Prime Minister Harper concluded that “our plan delivers important and lasting benefits to the people of the Yukon.”

  • Letter to Government Leader Fentie

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