While Premier Lorne Calvert plans to launch a legal challenge on behalf of Saskatchewan on equalization, the Federal Conservatives maintain that the new formula is not only fair but better.

Federal Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn addressed the subject while he was in Weyburn last week.

He says when you look at the transfers between the Federal and Provincial governments about 75 percent are for health, education and social sectors and are based on a per capita basis.

Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert maintains,