PART III
EQUALIZATION AND REGIONAL DISPARITIES
36. (1) Without altering the legislative authority of Parliament
or of the provincial legislatures, or the rights of any of them
with respect to the exercise of their legislative authority, Parliament
and the legislatures, together with the government of Canada and
the provincial governments, are committed to
(a) promoting equal opportunities for the well-being
of Canadians;
(b) furthering the economic development to reduce disparity
in opportunities; and
(c) providing essential public services of reasonable
quality to all Canadians.
(2) Parliament and the government of Canada are committed to the
principle of making equalization payments to ensure that provincial
governments have sufficient revenues to provide reasonably comparable
levels of public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation.(19)
Constitution Act 1982