Council of Federation

Canada’s Premiers will meet this Monday and Tuesday in Halifax as part of the Council of the Federation meetings focusing on housing, infrastructure, and the healthcare workforce. Premier Scott Moe plans to continue discussing the carbon tax when he meets with his counterparts. “The federal government needs to make some different decisions when it comes […]

Canada’s premiers ended their annual three-day conference Wednesday with a call for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on infrastructure needs ranging from highways to housing. “Having a national strategy around infrastructure that includes things like community infrastructure, as well as those pieces we traditionally think of — the highways, the ports, the railways […]

With a federal budget in the offing, premiers are stepping up the pressure on Ottawa to immediately boost health-care funding by at least $28 billion a year. They held a virtual news conference Thursday to reiterate their demand for a big increase in the unconditional transfer payment the federal government sends provinces and territories each […]