Council Of The Federation

• Will Canada’s premiers tackle rental crisis next month? Advocates, tenants want action

  Rent for a one-bedroom can cost anywhere from about $1,860 in Halifax to $2,500 in Toronto and as much as $2,800 in Vancouver, according to a recent report by Rentals.ca.

  Consumer

  Jun 6, 2023
  
• Canada’s police chiefs request urgent meeting with the premiers: ‘Policing is at a crossroad’

  Canada's police chiefs are calling for an urgent meeting with Canada's premiers after losing nine officers — eight of them to violence — in the last six months.

  Crime

  Apr 3, 2023
  
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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
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• Canadian health care on ‘brink of disaster,’ nurses say

  Silas says nurses have been "struggling through extreme staffing shortages, forced overtime and cancelled vacations, with no end in sight" to untenable conditions.

  Politics

  Jul 11, 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
• Canadian premiers push for boost in health-care funding from Ottawa

  Following a meeting of the premiers, B.C. Premier and Canadian Council of the Federation chair John Horgan said Ottawa has fallen behind in the health-care support needed.

  Health

  Feb 2, 2022
• British Columbia looking at rules to ban protests on school and hospital grounds

  B.C. Premier John Horgan is now the chair of the Council of Federation, the organization made up of the premiers across the country.

  Politics

  Sep 23, 2021
• N.B. premier joins first ministers call for increase in federal health care funding

  The country's first ministers are calling on the federal government to increase health care transfer payments to 35 per cent, up from the current 22 per cent.

  Politics

  Mar 4, 2021
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• Pallister joins premiers in call for more federal healthcare funding

  'We need a partner, we need a partner on health care.'

  Politics

  Mar 4, 2021
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• Bill Kelly: Why there won’t be a fall election

  Even if some opposition MPs wanted to bring down the government, they know it could block the flow of federal money to combat COVID-19, Bill Kelly says.

  Commentary

  Sep 21, 2020