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National Flag of Canada Day was instituted in 1996 by an Order in Council from Governor General Roméo LeBlanc, on the initiative of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. [7] At the first Flag Day ceremony in Hull, Quebec, Chrétien was confronted by demonstrators against proposed cuts to the unemployment insurance system, and while walking through the crowd he was grabbed by the neck and pushed ...
Premiers of Canadian provinces since Canadian confederation who have subsequently been elected to the House of Commons of Canada.. Dave Barrett - British Columbia; Andrew George Blair - New Brunswick
In French, the term premier ministre is used in both the federal and provincial/territorial contexts. The longest-serving current first minister is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , who assumed office on November 4, 2015; [ note 1 ] the newest first minister is Susan Holt of New Brunswick , who assumed office on November 2, 2024.
The national flag of Canada (at left) being flown with the flags of the 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories. The Department of Canadian Heritage lays out protocol guidelines for the display of flags, including an order of precedence; these instructions are only conventional, however, and are generally intended to show respect for what are considered important symbols of the state or ...
The premier of Canada's largest province, Ontario, declared a state of emergency this morning, banning public gatherings and closing restaurants among a spate of measures to slow the spread of the ...
In Canada, a premier (/ ˈ p r iː m j ər / ⓘ PREEM-yər) is the head of government of a province or territory. Though the word is merely a synonym for prime minister, it is employed for provincial prime ministers to differentiate them from the prime minister of Canada. There are ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers.
The leader of Canada's most populous province has triggered a snap election, saying he needs a decisive mandate to fight Donald Trump's tariff threat. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who has led the ...
Doug Ford, the premier of Canada's most populous province, Ontario, has reached out to President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk for a meeting to stave off planned tariffs against, and the idea ...