- 1,323
- Episodes
- 644
- Transcribed
- 483
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 26K
- YouTube views
About The Decibel
Context is everything. Join us Monday to Friday for a Canadian daily news podcast from The Globe and Mail. Explore a story shaping our world, in conversation with reporters, experts, and the people at the centre of the news.
- Publisher
- The Globe and Mail
- Category
- news · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
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22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Canada’s controversial system of equalization payments, explained
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Canada’s controversial system of equalization payments, explained
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So how much money are we talking about here? How much money is the federal government setting aside for this program, and how is it distributed? So in the current fiscal year, the equalization program is just a titch over $27 billion, which makes it substantial, certainly more than we will spend, I think... three times more than we will spend on childcare subsidies. Of that, Quebec gets the most on a dollar basis of $13.9 billion. And it goes down from there. Manitoba gets $5 billion. New Brunswick, $3.3 billion. Nova Scotia, $3.5 billion. Prince Edward Island, $723 million. And Newfoundland squeaks in with $182 million. […]
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- Patrick Brethour
- Doug Saunders
- Gavin John
- Andrew Willis
- Marieke Walsh
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- YouTube views
- 25,528
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 38 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.3 / 5
- 445 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 97
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