Canada's Premiers

• Side deals on health funding may be reached alongside national agreement: B.C. premier

  Premiers are expressing optimism that an overall deal will be reached at next week's meeting with Prime MInister Justin Trudeau, with room to also address specific priorities.

  Health

  Feb 1, 2023
  
• Premiers ‘expect’ feds to up share of health-care costs to 35% as Trudeau meeting nears

  Canada’s 13 premiers say they “expect” a commitment from Ottawa to increase health funding to 35 per cent as part of their meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next week.

  Politics

  Jan 30, 2023
  
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• Canada’s premiers turn up the heat in new push for more health funding

  Canada’s premiers have launched a new ad campaign aimed at ratcheting up public pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to negotiate more federal health funding to the provinces.

  Health

  Oct 26, 2022
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• Canadian premiers fail to obtain meeting with federal government on health care

  In the Council of Federation's final press conference, chair and B.C. Premier John Horgan said the federal government is being "disingenuous" by not coming to the table.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2022
• Canada’s premiers talk health care, meet with Indigenous leaders at Victoria B.C. gathering

  The Council of the Federation, representing premiers from Canada's 13 provinces and territories, are meeting in Victoria Monday and Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2022
• Stephen McNeil has lowest approval rating of any Canadian premier, QC’s Legault has highest: poll

  Newfoundland's Dwight Ball, Ontario's Doug Ford and Nova Scotia's Stephen McNeil round out the three premiers who have an approval rating below four-in-ten.

  Politics

  Mar 26, 2019
• Premiers strike deal to double amount of beer, alcohol allowed across borders

  The deal will see a large increase in the personal limits for alcohol and beer in provinces such as New Brunswick, while others like Alberta and Manitoba currently have no limits.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2018
• Trade deal among premiers looking less likely

  It's the final day for Canada's 13 premiers to close what they keep calling a tantalizingly near deal to open provincial borders to trade.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2016
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• Premiers gather in Ottawa for winter meeting

  Canada's premiers meet today to discuss a range of issues that include climate change, infrastructure, internal trade barriers and the health-care needs of the country's seniors.

  Politics

  Jan 30, 2015