East Coast premiers cool to Quebec’s desire to reopen Constitution
OTTAWA — The premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick said Friday they have little interest in Quebec’s call to eventually reopen constitutional talks.
New Brunswick’s Brian Gallant and Newfoundland’s Dwight Ball were in Ottawa meeting separately with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who also is cold to the idea.
Ball told reporters after his meeting with the prime minister that Trudeau had made his opinion on the matter clear.
“We consider Quebec as a friend to Newfoundland and Labrador and to all the other provinces,” Ball told reporters. “But the prime minister has already said he didn’t want to re-open the Constitution.”