To defend myself against some aggression here. My second post states: "I hope ontario can get leadership that will make ontario a "HAVE" province again."

The VERY definition of have and have not provinces coming directly from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/...zation_payments_in_Canada

"In Canada, the federal government makes equalization payments to less wealthy Canadian provinces to equalize the provinces' "fiscal capacity" — their ability to generate tax revenues. A province that does not receive equalization payments is often referred to as a "have province", while one that does is called a "have not province."

By using the phrase, "have" province, it is implicit that I am talking ONLY about equalization payments... as per the accusation from you: "So now you are trying to backtrack by arguing you are only talking about the equalization program?"

the answer is yes. Yes please.

In the 2012-2013 year, the following provinces will receive equalization payments:[4]

Quebec ($7.391 billion)
Ontario ($3.261 billion)
Manitoba ($1.671 billion)
New Brunswick ($1.495 billion)
Nova Scotia ($1.268 billion)
Prince Edward Island ($337 million)

The following provinces will not qualify for equalization payments in 2012-2013:[4]

Alberta
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland and Labrador
British Columbia