Arctic energy, security on agenda as Western premiers meet in Yellowknife

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 21, 2025 10:07 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Premiers from Western Canada are to conscionable Wednesday for the archetypal of a two-day league successful Yellowknife.

Premiers from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are acceptable to be the yearly conference.

Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson's bureau says the leaders volition sermon a scope of issues, including Arctic and vigor security, commercialized and exigency preparedness.

It says housing, economical corridors and tariffs are besides connected the agenda.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe's bureau says helium plans to sermon a fig of priorities he's enactment to Prime Minister Mark Carney to instrumentality on, including strengthening the Criminal Code and allowing provinces to person afloat work of the concern c levy.

Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok says his main absorption volition beryllium connected the Arctic and the request for infrastructure to support the information and sovereignty of the North.

He says the Arctic has unthinkable assets potential, which is wherefore helium wants to spot much speech astir infrastructure building.

This year's league comes conscionable weeks earlier Canada's premiers are to conscionable with the premier curate successful Saskatoon.