François snowstorm pressured the cancellation of a gathering scheduled as we speak in Montreal between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier François Legault.
The leaders had been supposed to debate points on which the 2 diverge, equivalent to well being transfers and immigration.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured with with Quebec Premier François Legault.
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A Trudeau spokesperson says the 2 males would as a substitute communicate over the telephone and an in-person assembly would happen at a later date.
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Legault and different premiers have been calling for a considerable enhance in federal transfers for well being care, and Ottawa has prompt it could achieve this solely beneath sure circumstances, together with that provinces and territories share well being information.
On immigration, Trudeau informed The Canadian Press this week that Quebec has the capability to welcome as much as 112,000 immigrants per 12 months, whereas Legault has maintained that fifty,000 is probably the most the province can settle for.
Trudeau later clarified that he had not needed to suggest an annual immigration determine to the province.
