Donald J. Savoie explores how Canadian economic policies have served to exclude the Maritime provinces from the wealth … governments determine policies that affect the different regions.Savoie advocates a 'ratchet effect' for national economic … policies, whereby regions take turns at high growth, with the slow-growth region of one period becoming the high-growth region …

Fiscal equalisation and regional development policies have often been perceived as separate policy fields. As a result … reviews the two policies, explores the potential for enhanced synergies between the two, and proposes a theoretical framework … linking them. The latter, which has not been empirically tested yet, posits that if regional development policies are …

-offs between sectoral policies and, in turn, help the province implement Everyday for Future. …