Canadian Government Executive - Volume 24 - Issue 06

30 / Canadian Government Executive // December 2018/January 2019 MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNMENTS W hile the brief lead-up to this meeting featured more acri- mony and bombastic hyper- bole from some first minis- ters than had been heard before previous gatherings, many of the complaints were as predictable as the outcomes. Concerns raised by many premiers cen- tred on the contents of the agenda, which they only received a few days before the event. Ontario Premier Doug Ford threat- ened to derail the meeting, either by walk- ing out or boycotting it completely. News By Jenn Wallner The Most Visible of Canada’s Intergovernmental Barring a massive emergency, on December 7 th 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened his fourth and likely final First Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) of his four-year mandate. FIRST MINISTERS’