Premiers Meet, Try to Find Consensus Amid a Host of Issues

(L-R) Ontario Premier Doug Ford, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe talk to the media in Toronto on Dec. 1, 2019. The premiers signed a "Collaboration Memorandum of Understanding" ahead of a meeting of Canada's provincial leaders on Dec. 2. The Canadian Press/Chris Young

MISSISSAUGA, Ont.—Canada’s premiers are meeting today just outside Toronto for the first time as a group since the federal election.

The campaign laid bare some regional divisions, and the premiers of Saskatchewan and Alberta—where the Liberals won no seats—have been especially vocal about their asks from Ottawa.