What Jurisdictional Issues Premiers Are Raising Against the Feds, and What Ottawa Says

While Canada’s premiers disagreed about many things during their three-day meeting in Halifax, they were all on the same page when it came to one subject: the federal government needs to stay out of their jurisdiction. “Every federal budget, we see more and more new programs in provincial jurisdictions. Enough is enough,” Quebec Premier François Legault said on July 15. Over the course of three days, the premiers brought up concerns they had about Ottawa’s national school food program, the dental care program, and the decision to lift the moratorium on cod fishing, arguing the federal government is interfering with issues that are provincial jurisdiction....