Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall continues to call attention to what he calls an "unfair" equalization program.

The $17 billion federal equalization payment program is designed to enable poorer provinces to offer government services at tax levels similar to richer jurisdictions. But Wall says the program is out-dated, and gives money to well-off provinces that could be better spent on infrastructure and tax relief.

"It's difficult for Saskatchewan to raise, because we're very much grateful for the fact that we were a beneficiary of the program, and we obviously don't begrudge that others are benefactors of the program and should be," he explained. "In fact, I think that we really need to focus, if there's to be equalization - and it's in the charter, so there will be equalization, we should focus on Atlantic Canada, I think, with structural issues where the money is really deserved and warranted and maybe not on some of the other economies where they've basically been around for 400 years and are in very populous places, and I believe would benefit more if we took at least a portion of equalization and used it for infrastructure. That would be a huge national program."

Wall suggested that if half of the equalization money was used for infrastructure, that would be about $9 or $8 billion every year, adding that if it were done on a per capita basis, those provinces would benefit proportionally.

Prime Minister Harper responded to Wall's comments about the program on Thursday, and he said Wall should focus on the NDP and not on what happens to Saskatchewan's resource money.

Saskatchewan puts $500 million per year into equalization but hasn't received anything from the $17-billion program in eight years.

"We're going to keep raising the issue," noted Wall.

Last Friday, Wall sent out a letter to Harper, Mulcair, and Trudeau asking for their positions on equalization, pipeline and energy policy, and genetically modified organisms.