— A group that represents oilfield service and supply companies asked Ottawa earlier this year to use equalization payments as leverage to get reluctant provinces onside with pipeline projects.
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada recommended that the federal government "amend equalization payment criteria such that transfer payments can be reduced or forfeited if a recipient province refuses transit of extra-provincial goods and/or products, or unduly impedes another province's market access, including unreasonable delays to transportation infrastructure projects."
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