have province

noun

A province that does not receive equalization payments.

Meanings

nounhave province (plural have provinces)

plural have provinces

  1. CanadaA province that does not receive equalization payments.

    [...] (a) a substantial increase in revenue, concentrated in one province; (b) this province should be a have province already, and (c) it should have the smallest population of the have provinces.

    1976, Anthony Scott, Natural Resource Revenues: A Test of Federalism, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 100
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