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The Panel was specifically asked to consider whether an independent body should be set up to provide ongoing advice to the Government of Canada on Equalization and TFF and to conduct periodic reviews. The majority of provinces indicated there was no need for such a body. While there is room for improvement in the current intergovernmental process, most preferred that process to an arms-length body similar to the one currently in place in Australia. Those who supported an independent body saw it as an opportunity to prevent political deal-making, to address issues in a more open and transparent way, and to undertake ongoing research on key issues related
to Equalization.
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