Alberta has oil, Saskatchewan has potash, New Brunswick, P.E.I., and Ontario have neither

The Council's name conveys a large dollop of pretense. It reveals a view of Canada that clashes with French Canada's traditional view of the federation as a compact of two founding peoples.

The annual meeting of the Council of the Federation has come and gone, overshadowed by August's Cabinet shuffle and the continental trilateral summit at Montebello.

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