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Introduction
Written by Faryal Ansari
In what marks the 57th annual Fed-Prov conference, hordes of students from across the Waterloo Region District School Board and beyond will be gathering at Wilfrid Laurier University to discuss core issues in Canadian politics. The goal? Well, that depends on the role. For any one province, territory, or special interest group, the need to advance the quality of life of their people - both economically and culturally - while maintaining a sense of independence from the federal government is often of chief concern. As for the aforementioned federal government, proposed policies and programs are often carefully crafted but limited, and when approved, create contention among provincial and territorial governments across the country.

That being said, with the dawn of a new year and thus a new conference, nothing is certain. Intergovernmental relations, even those that are sensitive or verging on contemptuous, have the chance to be transformed as delegations meet for the first time. This, in part, is what makes Fed-Prov such a unique opportunity; students are encouraged to question and evaluate the current state of Canadian politics by placing themselves in the very roles of parliamentarians and policy-makers. That is not to say that there will be no disagreement whatsoever; the federal government’s budget allocation will certainly create division, as the significance of each province or territory seems to be implied in the digits of their respective figures.

As for what is to be discussed and debated in the coming days, delegations have laid out their concerns on a variety of issues, from the lack of access to efficient healthcare to inflation rates and the rising cost of living. The federal government has placed particular emphasis on the issues of affordable housing and legalizing sex work. These represent only a few issues from a rather ambitious agenda that will be hashed out in committee meetings over the next two days. If history is to repeat itself as it tends to, delegations will quickly form regional alliances and there will certainly be pushback from provinces and territories over topics that have been neglected by the federal government - including the fate of Canada’s current investments into non-renewable energy. Regardless, whether the discussion of this year’s most critical topics will end in agreement or further disagreement is yet to be seen, though certainly fast approaching.

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Hostile Alberta Overthrows the Feds, Silences Press.

2024-02-22 9:30 AM

This morning, upon entering the Fed-Prov conference, the Western Press was specifically kicked out of almost all ministry meetings. As Fed-Prov is an exercise in democracy, this blatantly targeted and undemocratic silencing of the Western perspective over what was a publically rectified miscommunication is incredibly disappointing. Once again the Federal Government's lack of control and assertiveness is seen in the unorganized allocation of time. An anonymous source in the First Ministers’ meeting tells us that the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador was allocated a great amount of time to talk about budget increases although the subject was supposed to be “not open for discussion.” This situation happened yesterday as well, when Québec was allotted too much time to talk about the Charlottetown Accords, even having time to facilitate a vote on it despite it not being on the agenda. We, the Western Press, believe that this situation is way out of hand, and it's time for Alberta to put their big-boy pants on. As always, we believe in empowering Western perspectives, and thus urge the Premier of Alberta to live up to his leadership position and discuss this issue with us, rather than silencing us.

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