Equalization 'has not worked': Joe Ceci slams program ahead of Ottawa meeting

Alberta’s finance minister slammed the federal equalization program Wednesday ahead of an Ottawa meeting where he said he’ll be calling for changes to balance the scales.
“I’m going to be doing that as loudly as I can,” Minister Joe Ceci told reporters at the legislature. “The program has not worked for Alberta, even during the depths of our recession which started late 2014.”
That year, Alberta lost $6.5 billion in revenue from non-renewable resource ro