Posted AT 5:25 PM EDT on 20/12/05
Divided on fiscal imbalance
Ottawa — Conservative leader Stephen Harper's promise Monday to fix the "fiscal imbalance" between surplus-rich Ottawa and the provinces draws a thick dividing line between the Tories and the ruling Liberals, who reject any notion that they've been hoarding tax wealth.
But the Conservatives could rue the day they made the pledge should they take office, because provincial hunger runs deep for a bigger piece of Ottawa's fiscal pie.
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