The assignments to provinces were done by lot.
Baghdadi has divided his conquered Iraqi lands into seven "vilayets," the name given to provinces in the caliphate.
But most immigrants move to provinces where English is overwhelmingly predominant, and that is the language they learn.
Some companies have moved factories inland, to provinces from which many migrant workers traditionally come, the newspaper reported.
The problems date from the 1990s, when the federal government eliminated its own deficit partly by cutting funding to provinces.
Some companies have moved factories inland, to provinces where many workers have traditionally come from, the article said.
The central government will transfer funds to provinces, especially for social priorities, while local governments will receive more tax revenues.
China has said it will match $40 million from the Vaccine Fund to provide hepatitis B vaccine to provinces covering 40percentt of the country's population.
Mr. Black and other critics say that much of Ottawa's budget balancing has come by cutting health and education transfer payments to provinces.
Already, candidates have charged that the government has illegally shifted the registrations of tens of thousands of voters to provinces where pro-government candidates need more votes.
The government has also announced that more money will be given to provinces such as Aceh and Irian Jaya, as well as more autonomy.
