The heads of government of the threeCanadian territoriesare also premiers. In Yukon, the premier is chosen in the same way as in the provinces. The Northwest Territories and Nunavut operate under a consensus system of government. In those territories, members of the legislative assembly elected in...
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Canada is divided into 10 provinces and three northern territories. The last province to join Canada was the British colony of Newfoundland in 1949. Learn more about Places Canada’s parliament has two chambers: the House of Commons, which has 338 elected members, and the Senate, which has 10...
The premiers of the Eastern Canadian provinces and governors of the New England states said Monday that delivering clean energy to this corner of the United States is one of the most important issues facing the region.foxbusinessFox Business...
There is some hope that the current situation may finally let provinces see the wisdom of eliminating internal trade barriers, largely around regulation and credentials recognition, but then again, this has been an irritant since Confederation, and that kind of inertia is really hard to overcome. ...
Before the press conference, Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, who led the Canadian team of negotiators throughout the trilateral talks, spent Monday morning briefing premiers of Canadian provinces about the details of the new agreement which is expected to have an impact across...
Two NDP premiers and two NDP governments. Two provinces side by side in the Canadian west, one – the Far West, Lotusland British Columbia. The other – just “the West”, rough and tumble oil baron Alberta. Alberta is landlocked. It needs to get its oil…. sorry, let’s be accurate...
Two of Canada’s provinces on the front lines of the ‘Education Culture War,’ New Brunswick and Saskatchewan, are holding elections in October 2024 and speculation is rife that gender identity policy and parent rights will dominate the campaigns. Premiers Blaine Higgs of New Brunswick and Scott...
With a leadership vacuum at the top of the federation, the premiers of the provinces spotted a collective opportunity to make themselves more popular by taking the threat seriously. The immediate practical result of this has been to give a (scarcely necessary) spurt of popularity to the ...
To address this issue, the premiers of the provinces met in 1987 and drew up the Meech Lake Accord (named for the site of the meetings). The Accord recognized Québec as a "distinct society," but changes to the constitution were not forthcoming, since many English Canadians were opposed to...