Canada
In Canada, the most publicized aspect of Executive federalism is the First Ministers Conference; however, in recent years the Council of the Federation has become the important bi-annual meeting between the Premiers of Canada. Notable efforts at the Council of the Federation include Premier Mike Harris' attempt to promote the idea that the provinces should take primary responsibility to set the national standards in social policy and Alberta's Premier Ralph Klein calling on other premiers to join him in opposing Ottawa's signing of the Kyoto protocol
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Famous quotes containing the word canada:
“I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In Canada an ordinary New England house would be mistaken for the château, and while every village here contains at least several gentlemen or “squires,” there is but one to a seigniory.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)