Premiers meet in Yukon to talk trade, carbon pricing
Council of the Federation meeting comes as Alberta, Saskatchewan squabble over beer pricing
Canada's provincial and territorial leaders are in Yukon for three days of talks on a wide range of issues including the federal government's intention to impose a national price on carbon and interprovincial trade barriers.
But the discussions might be coloured by a recent squabble between Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall over the price of beer. Notley will hike beer prices, a move Wall says will hurt his province's producers and has threatened retaliation.
Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski will also pitch a trade mission of all premiers to the United Kingdom early next year to hammer out a free trade deal with the country still reeling from the Brexit vote.
The premiers met with Indigenous leaders Wednesday where the terms of reference for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women were scrutinized. The leaders are largely supportive, if not slightly cautious, of the federal government's roadmap for an inquiry.
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