Health Care Innovation Working Group

The Health Care Innovation Working Group (HCIWG) is composed of provincial and territorial Ministers...

Economic Productivity and Innovation Working Group

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Québec Premier Philippe Couillard,...

Internal Trade

Premiers are committed to maintaining a modern and competitive Canadian market. They recognize the...

Fiscal Arrangements Working Group

The Fiscal Arrangements Working Group was established in January 2012. The principles underlying the...

Canadian Energy Strategy

As owners of natural resources, provinces and territories have an essential role to play...

The Council of the Federation Literacy Award

The Council of the Federation Literacy Award recognizes outstanding achievement, innovative practice and excellence...

Summit of North American Governors and Premiers May 4 – 6, 2018

The 2018 Summit of North American Governors and Premiers will take place on May 4-6, 2018, in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Summit is being hosted by the U.S. National Governors Association (NGA), together with the...

2017 Premiers’ Mission to Washington, D.C. June 6-8, 2017

Yukon Premier Sandy Silver, as Chair of the Council of the Federation, led a joint mission of Canada’s Premiers to Washington, D.C. from June 6-8, 2017. The aim of the visit was to build and...

Summit of North American Governors and Premiers

On October 30-31, Darrell Pasloski, Premier of Yukon and Vice-Chair of the Council of the Federation (COF), met with Governors from the United States and Mexico for the first-ever Summit of North...

2014 Premiers’ Mission to China October 29-30, 2014 – Beijing

Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz led a mission of Canada’s Premiers to the People’s Republic of China on October 29-30, 2014.

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