In Charlottetown, PEI Premier Robert Ghiz says the provinces need Ottawa's help balancing health-care costs. ...
Tag Archives: Council of the Federation
COF: Premiers of B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan announce more open trade
New West Partnership premiers say they'll look at areas trade deal has previously exempted while calling on feds to change their own policies to deal with provinces on equal basis. ...
Premiers call for roundtable into murdered, missing aboriginal women as alternative in hopes Ottawa will show up
With calls for a national inquiry falling on deaf federal ears, premiers in Charlottetown hope a roundtable will have better results. But Ontario is not holding its breath. ...
CARP calls for national senior care strategy, with or without Ottawa
CARP members say annual premiers' meeting still valuable and can get things done without Prime Minister Stephen Harper in attendance. ...
Heard: CFIB calls for lower interprovincial trade barriers
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Nurses’ union group to press premiers for national drug plan
Federation of nurses' unions to 'discuss directly with premiers' for universal pharmacare program at this week's Council of the Federation meetings in Charlottetown. ...
Wynne prepares to pass the gavel as Ontario ends year as Chair of COF
Premier Kathleen Wynne says she hopes the collaborative tone from the last year of the Council of the Federation will continue as PEI takes the helm. ...