Canada's premiers urge Ottawa to advance infrastructure to boost economic growth

Canada's premiers ended their annual three-day conference Wednesday with a call for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on infrastructure needs ranging from highways to housing.

"Having a national strategy around infrastructure that includes things like community infrastructure, as well as those pieces we traditionally think of — the highways, the ports, the railways — is so important," British Columbia Premier David Eby said.

"The provinces, we can (only) get so far on our own without the federal partner at the table."

At the same time, the premiers cautioned that any federal action on the issue should leave the provinces flexibility to address their different priorities.