Editing First Ministers' conference (section)

==List of First Ministers' conferences to date==
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|-
! Number
! Prime Minister
! Name
! Location
! Date
! Topics
|-
| 1
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier
| Conference of the Representatives of the Government of Canada and the Various Provinces
| Ottawa
| October 8–13, 1906
| Financial subsidies to the provinces<ref>Patrice Dutil, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/the-great-fiscal-imbalance-debate-of-1906/article732292/ "The Great Fiscal Imbalance of ... 1906" ''The Globe and Mail'', 7 October 2007]</ref>
|-
| 2
| Sir [[Robert Borden]], but Sir [[William Thomas White]] chaired the conference as Acting Prime Minister
| Conference between the Members of the Government of Canada and of the Various Provincial Governments Acting
| Ottawa
| November 19–22, 1918
| Soldier and land settlement, transfer of [[natural resources]]
|-
| 3
| [[W.L. Mackenzie King]]
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| November 3–10, 1927
| Various subjects listed under "Constitutional", "Financial" and "Social and Economic" titles
|-
| 4
| rowspan="4"|[[R.B. Bennett]]
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| April 7–8, 1931
| [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]]
|-
| 5
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| April 8–9, 1932
| [[Unemployment]] relief
|-
| 6
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| January 17–19, 1933
| Various subjects including unemployment, old age pensions, company law and overlapping federal and provincial jurisdictions
|-
| 7
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| January 18–19, 1934
| Various subjects including employment, financial position of provinces, company law, taxes on liquor, Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company, [[British Columbia|B.C.]] claim for equality of treatment
|-
| 8
| rowspan="4"|W.L. Mackenzie King
| Dominion–Provincial Conference 
| Ottawa
| December 9–13, 1935
| Various subjects including constitutional amendment, federal–provincial financial relations, taxation, social services
|-
| 9
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| January 14–15, 1941
| Recommendations of Rowell-Sirois Commission (federal–provincial fiscal relations)
|-
| 10
| Dominion–Provincial Conference on Reconstruction
|Ottawa
| August 6–10, 1945
| Postwar reconstruction and federal–provincial financial arrangements
|-
| 11
| Dominion–Provincial Conference on Reconstruction
| Ottawa
| April 29 – May 3, 1946
| Financial arrangements, public investment, health, old age pensions, unemployment
|-
| 12
| rowspan="6"|[[Louis St. Laurent]]
| Constitutional Conference of Federal and Provincial Governments
| Ottawa
| January 10–12, 1950
| Constitutional amendment
|-
| 13
| Constitutional Conference of Federal and Provincial Governments
| Quebec City
| September 25–28, 1950
| Constitutional amendment
|-
| 14
| Conference of Federal and Provincial Governments
| Ottawa
| December 4–7, 1950
| Tax agreements, old age security, provincial indirect sales tax
|-
| 15
| Federal–Provincial Conference 1955, Preliminary Meeting
| Ottawa
| April 26–27, 1955
| Federal relief for unemployed persons, and preparation of next Conference
|-
| 16
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| October 3–6, 1955
| Fiscal relations, natural resources development, establishment of a federal–provincial Continuing Committee, health and welfare
|-
| 17
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| March 9, 1956
| Federal–provincial fiscal arrangements
|-
| 18
| rowspan="4"|[[John Diefenbaker]]
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| November 25–26, 1957
| Hospital insurance, costs of assistance to persons in need, assistance to Atlantic provinces, fiscal matters
|-
| 19
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| July 25–27, 1960
| Various tax matters including personal and corporate income taxes, equalization, indirect provincial sales tax, taxation of natural resources. Conditional grants and shared cost programs
|-
| 20
| Dominion–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| October 26–28, 1960
| Federal–provincial fiscal arrangements
|-
| 21
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| February 23–24, 1961
| Federal–provincial fiscal arrangements
|-
| 22
| rowspan="9"|[[Lester B. Pearson]]
| Federal Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| July 26–27, 1963
| Municipal loan and development fund, [[Canada Pension Plan]]
|-
| 23
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| November 26–29, 1963
| Various subjects including state of the Canadian Economy, conditional grants and shared cost programs, fiscal relations, Canadian Pension Plan
|-
| 24
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Quebec City
| March 31 – April 1, 1964
| Shared cost programs and fiscal arrangements, Canada Pension Plan, taxation, fiscal relations, loans to university students
|-
| 25
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Charlottetown
| August 31 – September 2, 1964
| Constitutional amendment
|-
| 26
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| October 14–15, 1964
| Constitutional amendment, Tax Structure Committee, off-shore mineral rights
|-
| 27
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| July 19–22, 1965
| Various subjects including Social Security, Economic Development, Tax Structure Committee, Transportation and Inland Water Resources
|-
| 28
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| October 24–28, 1966
| Financing of higher education, federal–provincial fiscal arrangements
|-
| 29
| Federal–Provincial Conference on Housing and Urban Development
| Ottawa
| December 11–12, 1967
| Housing and urban development
|-
| 30
| Constitutional Conference
| Ottawa
| February 5–7, 1968
| Constitutional review, Recommendations of Royal Commission on Bilingualism & Biculturalism
|-
| 31
| rowspan="18"|[[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]]
| Constitutional Conference
| Ottawa
| February 10–12, 1969
| Constitutional review
|-
| 32
| Constitutional Conference
| Ottawa
| June 11–12, 1969
| Constitutional review
|-
| 33
| Constitutional Conference
| Ottawa
| December 8–10, 1969
| Constitutional review
|-
| 34
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| February 16–17, 1970
| Economy, Western agriculture, pollution, Tax Structure Committee
|-
| 35
| Constitutional Conference
| Ottawa
| September 14–15, 1970
| Constitutional review
|-
| 36
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| September 16, 1970
| Various subjects including Tax reform, agricultural, economic stabilization fund
|-
| 37
| Constitutional Conference
| Ottawa
| February 8–9, 1971
| Constitutional review, unemployment and northern resources
|-
| 38
| Constitutional Conference
| Victoria
| June 14–16, 1971
| Constitutional review ("Victoria Charter")
|-
| 39
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| November 15–17, 1971
| Economy, employment, fiscal arrangements, tri-level consultations
|-
| 40
| Federal–Provincial Conference
| Ottawa
| May 23–25, 1973
| Various subjects including social security system, health programs, post-secondary education, regional economic development, economic situation, foreign land ownership
|-
| 41
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on Energy
| Ottawa
| January 22–23, 1974
| Various subjects including oil and gas policy, national energy policy and federal–provincial mechanisms for continuing consultation on energy
|-
| 42
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on Energy
| Ottawa
| April 9–10, 1975
| The state of the economy and oil and gas prices and other related items
|-
| 43
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers
| Ottawa
| June 14–15, 1976
| Federal–provincial fiscal arrangements including shared-cost programs, revenue guarantee and equalization
|-
| 44
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers
| Ottawa
| December 13–14, 1976
| Fiscal arrangements and state of the economy
|-
| 45
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on the Economy
| Ottawa
| February 13–15, 1978
| Various subjects including economic outlook and objectives, general economic policies, regional aspects of economic development, and sectoral policies
|-
| 46
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on the Constitution
| Ottawa
| October 30, 31 and November 1, 1978
| Charter of rights, distribution of powers, institutions, process of constitutional review (creation of the Continuing Committee of Ministers on the Constitution or "CCMC") and duplication of services
|-
| 47
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on the Economy
| Ottawa
| November 27–29, 1978
| Various subjects including economic overview, labour market and employment issues, and economic coordination
|-
| 48
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on the Constitution
| Ottawa
| February 5–6, 1979
| Various subjects including consideration of questions raised at the Constitutional Conference (October 30 – November 1, 1978) and future constitutional work program
|-
| 49
| [[Joe Clark]]
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on Energy
| Ottawa
| November 12, 1979
| Oil supply, pricing and use, energy pricing and development, conservation and self-sufficiency
|-
| 50
| rowspan="5"|Pierre Elliott Trudeau
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on the Constitution
| Ottawa
| September 8–13, 1980
| Various subjects including trade, communications, Upper House, Supreme Court, family law, fisheries, offshore resources, equalization, charter of rights, patriation and amending formula and powers over the economy
|-
| 51
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on the Constitution
| Ottawa
| November 2–5, 1981
| Consensus on patriation, constitutional amendment formula and charter of rights
|-
| 52
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on the Economy
| Ottawa
| February 2–5, 1982
| Economic management and development
|-
| 53
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters
| Ottawa
| March 15–16, 1983
| Various subjects including charter of rights, amending formula revisions and self-government
|-
| 54
| Federal–Provincial Conference of First Ministers on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters
| Ottawa
| March 8–9, 1984
| Equality rights, treaties and treaty rights, land and resources and self-government
|-
| 55
| rowspan="14"|[[Brian Mulroney]]
| First Ministers' Conference on the Economy
| Regina
| February 14–15, 1985
| Investment, training and retraining, international trade and regional economic development ("Regina Accord" establishing "Annual Conference of First Ministers")
|-
| 56
| First Ministers' Conference on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters
| Ottawa
| April 2–3, 1985
| Aboriginal constitutional matters including self-government and sexual equality rights
|-
| 57
| Annual Conference of First Ministers
| Halifax
| November 28–29, 1985
| Federal–provincial relations, economic and fiscal situation, trade, agriculture, fisheries and economic and social development
|-
| 58
| Annual Conference of First Ministers
| Vancouver
| November 20–21, 1986
| State of the Federation and the economy, economic development and economic equality for women
|-
| 59
| First Ministers' Conference on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters
| Ottawa
| March 26–27, 1987
| Constitutional amendment on aboriginal self-government and treaties and treaty issues
|-
| 60
| First Ministers' Conference on the Constitution
| Ottawa
| June 3, 1987
| Signing of the 1987 Constitutional Accord
|-
| 61
| Annual Conference of First Ministers
| Toronto
| November 26–27, 1987
| Economic development
|-
| 62
| Annual Conference of First Ministers
| Ottawa
| November 9–10, 1989
| Federal–Provincial priorities, environment/sustainable development and Meech Lake Accord
|-
| 63
| First Ministers' Conference on the Constitution
| Ottawa
| June 3–10, 1990
| 1987 Constitutional Accord (Meech Lake)
|-
| 64
| First Ministers' Meeting on the Economy
| Ottawa
| December 19, 1991
| Coordinated approach to economic recovery
|-
| 65
| First Ministers' Meeting on the Economy
| Ottawa
| February 10, 1992
| Pre-budget discussion of common economic recovery
|-
| 66
| First Ministers' Meeting on the Economy
| Toronto
| March 24–25, 1992
| Various subjects including social programs, training, infrastructure, interprovincial trade barriers, international trade, agriculture, fisheries, tax coordination
|-
| 67
| First Ministers' Meeting on the Constitution
| Ottawa
| August 18, 1992
|-
| 68
| First Ministers' Meeting on the Constitution
| Charlottetown
| August 27–28, 1992
| Final Consensus Report on the Constitution, Final Political Accords and Draft Legal Text based on the Charlottetown Accord
|-
| 69
| rowspan="7"|[[Jean Chrétien]]
| First Ministers' Meeting – Economy
| Ottawa
| December 21, 1993
| Economic renewal and fiscal responsibility, job creation and competitive economy and program coordination
|-
| 70
| First Ministers' Meeting – Trade
| Ottawa
| July 18, 1994
| Internal trade
|-
| 71
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| June 20–21, 1996
| Canadian economy, renewal of the federation, Section 49, Constitution Act 1982, jobs and growth and social dimensions
|-
| 72
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| December 11–12, 1997
| Various subjects including social policy renewal, health and youth employment
|-
| 73
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| February 4, 1999
| Social Union Framework Agreement
|-
| 74
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| September 10–11, 2000
| Health care, childhood development
|-
| 75
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| February 4–5, 2003
| Health care
|-
| 76
| rowspan="4"|[[Paul Martin]]
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| January 30, 2004
| Health care, public health, Canada-U.S. relations, emergency management
|-
| 76-1
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| September 12–16, 2004
| Health care - 10 year agreement on health care funding <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/healthcare/firstminconf.html| title = CBC News Indepth: Health Care}}</ref>
|-
| 76-2
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| October 26, 2004
| Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing <ref>http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/F2-176-2006E.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 76-3
| First Ministers' Meeting with National Aboriginal Leaders
| Ottawa
| November 24–25, 2004
| Kelowna Accord - Strengthening Relationships and Closing the Gap <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kelowna-accord|title = Kelowna Accord &#124; the Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref>
|-
| 77
| rowspan="2"|[[Stephen Harper]]
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| November 10, 2008
| Economy<ref>{{cite web|title=Canada's first ministers to rally as economy stumbles|date=28 October 2008|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada-s-first-ministers-to-rally-as-economy-stumbles-1.337697|access-date=2008-10-28|publisher=CTV.ca|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030095412/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081028/economy_meeting_081028/20081028?hub=Canada|archive-date=2008-10-30}}</ref>
|-
| 78
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| January 16, 2009
| Economy<ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Minister and Premiers agree on action for the economy|url=http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2009/01/16/prime-minister-and-premiers-agree-action-economy|work=Prime Minister of Canada.gc.ca|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=1 May 2014|date=16 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502033759/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2009/01/16/prime-minister-and-premiers-agree-action-economy|archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 79
| rowspan="4"|[[Justin Trudeau]]
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| November 23, 2015
| Climate change,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-first-ministers-meet-climate-change-1.3331290 |title=Justin Trudeau promises 'Canadian approach' to climate change |date=23 November 2015 |website=CBC.ca |publisher=CBC News |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref> Syrian Crisis<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/climate-refugees-top-issues-at-first-ministers-meeting-greg-selinger-says-1.3330694 |title=Climate, refugees top issues at first ministers meeting, Greg Selinger says |date=23 November 2015 |website=CBC.ca |publisher=CBC News Manitoba |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
|80
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Vancouver
| March 3, 2016
| Climate change<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scics.gc.ca/english/Conferences.asp?a=viewdocument&id=2401 |title=Vancouver Declaration on clean growth and climate change |date=3 March 2016 |website=scics.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
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| 81
| First Ministers' Meeting and Meeting with National Indigenous Leaders
| Ottawa
| December 9, 2016
| Climate change framework agreement<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scics.gc.ca/english/conferences.asp?a=viewdocument&id=2554 |title=Communiqué of Canada's First Ministers |date=9 December 2016 |website=scics.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
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| 82
| First Ministers' Meeting
| Ottawa
| January 15, 2025
| Incoming [[Second Trump tariffs|tariffs from the United States]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canadaspremiers.ca/canadas-premiers-to-attend-meetings-in-ottawa-on-january-15-2025/|title=Canada’s Premiers to Attend Meetings in Ottawa on January 15, 2025|date=January 14, 2025|access-date=January 15, 2025|publisher=Canada's Premiers}}</ref>
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