But in our Confederation, provincial needs and priorities, when common or shared by a number of provinces, have a way of being national needs and priorities. Access to markets for oil or potash is not a Prairie problem, it is a problem for the Canadian economy. The premiers, on many issues, are co-stewards of the country and Confederation. In our Confederation, provincial needs and priorities … have a way of being national needs and prioritiesIt is not in question period that it will face its test. It will surprise his critics but he was the tone-setter, turning down the volume of a fractious period in the Confederation.

Source: National Post December 03, 2019 20:34 UTC