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Que reste-t-il du rapport de la Commission sur le déséquilibre fiscal?

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  • Matthieu Arseneau
  • Luc Godbout
  • Jean-Herman Guay

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This paper analyses two questions of a survey undertaken by the polling firm CROP between the 20th and 31st of January 2005. The questions presented in this paper on polling concern Quebec's perception of fiscal imbalance. Fiscal imbalance is the idea that the federal government disposes of too much revenues considering it responsibilities while the situation is the opposite with regard to provincial governments. The first question seeks to determine the adhesion of Quebec's population to this idea and the second is about the idea of transferring fiscal spaces to the provincial governments. The authors also present the answers to these questions by linguistic affiliation and political allegiance of those polled. Among others things, the authors observe that in spite of billions of dollars having been transferred to provincial governments through the 2004 health agreement, the idea of fiscal imbalance has gained ground among Quebec's population since the period of the Fiscal Imbalance Commission activities (2002). Moreover, a high proportion of the population subscribes to the principal recommendation of the Commission which was the transfer of fiscal spaces to the provincial governments. Cette étude présente l'analyse des résultats de deux questions d'un sondage portant sur les finances publiques réalisé par la firme CROP du 20 au 31 janvier 2005. Celles-ci portent sur le déséquilibre fiscal, c'est-à-dire l'idée que le gouvernement fédéral au Canada perçoit trop de revenus par rapport à ses responsabilités alors que ce serait l'inverse pour les gouvernements provinciaux. La première question vise à déterminer dans quelle proportion les répondants adhèrent à cette idée. La seconde entend déterminer dans quelle mesure les répondants sont enclins à un transfert de points d'impôt en vue de remédier à ce problème. En plus d'analyser les résultats globaux des réponses à ces questions, les auteurs accordent aussi une attention aux résultats en fonction de la langue et l'allégeance politique des répondants. Entre autres, les auteurs affirment que malgré les milliards provenant de la récente entente sur la santé, l'appui à l'idée d'un déséquilibre fiscal est désormais plus fort qu'il l'était au moment où la Commission sur le déséquilibre fiscal siégeait. De plus, ils constatent qu'une forte proportion des répondants soutient la principale recommandation de son rapport qui consiste au transfert de points d'impôt.

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  • Matthieu Arseneau & Luc Godbout & Jean-Herman Guay, 2005. "Que reste-t-il du rapport de la Commission sur le déséquilibre fiscal?," CIRANO Working Papers 2005s-19, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:cirwor:2005s-19
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    Keywords

    fiscal federalism; fiscal imbalance; survey; Quebec; fédéralisme fiscal; déséquilibre fiscal; sondage; Québec;
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    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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