This year alone, the provincial government is federally transferred $2.803 billion in equalization payments. In just one category of the five, Nova Scotia municipalities are generating each year approximately 22 percent of that total because of their deficiency in their tax capacity related to their municipal property taxes to raise sufficient revenue to provide reasonably comparable public services at reasonably comparable rates of taxation. So, this year alone, that municipal deficiency has generated approximately $600 million to this province. The provincial government does not comply with the Canadian constitution and instead provides a provincial equalization grant of just $30 million for all the struggling municipal units that qualify. For example: the Halifax Regional Municipality does not qualify. But, where else is this federal portion of this almost $600 million being spent? There is no proper accountability or transparency for this federal billions of taxpayers money. WHY?