Atlantic Canadian Premiers
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Hon. John Hogan
Host of NEG-ECP in 2025
Premier of
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Hon. Rob Lantz
Premier of
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Hon. Susan Holt
Premier of
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Hon. Tim Houston
Premier of
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Hon. François Legault
Premier of
Quebec
Hon. John Hogan
Host of NEG-ECP in 2025
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
Learn MoreJohn Hogan represents the District of Windsor Lake in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. In April 2021, John Hogan was sworn in as Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General, and in July 2024 was sworn in as Minister of Health and Community Services. He also served as Government House leader from January 2023 to March 2025.
Mr. Hogan is a graduate of Memorial University (B.Sc. (Biochemistry), 2000) and Dalhousie University (LLB, 2003). Mr. Hogan was called to the Ontario bar in 2004 after completing his articles at a Toronto law firm. He then returned to Newfoundland and Labrador where he was called to the bar in 2005 and worked at a multi-service firm in St. John’s. In 2014, Mr. Hogan started his own law firm.
Mr. Hogan has served as an elected Bencher of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and on two occasions served as an elected member to the Memorial University Board of Regents. Mr. Hogan has enjoyed other community involvement including serving as a board member of the St. John’s Port Authority, Clean St. John’s and the Wreckhouse Jazz and Blues Festival. John Hogan lives in St. John’s with his wife, Gillian and two children, Maggie and Jack.
Hon. Rob Lantz
Premier of Prince Edward Island
Learn MoreRob is a lifelong resident of District 13, Charlottetown-Brighton. He grew up and attended local schools here, graduating from UPEI and Holland College.
He and wife Kelly raised their sons Brodie and Ronan in Charlottetown-Brighton; it’s where he represented residents for two terms on Charlottetown City Council, and where he has volunteered with community groups like the United Way and the Colonel Gray Education Foundation.
Rob is an advisor, partner and investor in new business startups in the bioscience, sports technology and renewable energy sectors, and he worked as a consultant in the IT sector.
Rob was elected as the MLA for District 13, Charlottetown-Brighton, on April 3rd, 2023. He previously served as the Minister of Housing, Land and Communities and in October of 2024, he was appointed Minister of Education and Early Years.
On February 21, 2025, he was sworn in as the 34th Premier of Prince Edward Island.
Hon. Susan Holt
Premier of New Brunswick
Learn MoreSusan Holt has both local and global business experience having worked in sales, human resources, and global management roles with large information technology firms. She also has experience in community leadership, provincial and national advocacy, and social enterprise leadership, as well as experience within government working on social and economic policy. The insight she has gained throughout her career and through connection to community has provided her with a deep appreciation for the challenges New Brunswickers are facing.
Holt is passionate about people-focused policy that makes New Brunswickers lives better. She believes in empowered communities that are environmentally and age friendly, inclusive, and vibrant. This includes pride in New Brunswick’s bilingualism and a deep commitment to true reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
Holt is the MLA for Fredericton South-Silverwood. She previously served as the MLA for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore.
Susan grew up in Fredericton, New Brunswick and still calls it home with her husband, Jon, and three daughters. Together as a family they enjoy traveling around the province seeking out new areas to explore, hike and camp!
Hon. Tim Houston
Premier of Nova Scotia
Learn MoreBorn in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Tim was raised in a military family and grew up on military bases in Summerside, PEI, Trenton, Ontario and Comox, British Columbia before the family ultimately returned to Nova Scotia for his father’s retirement posting to Shearwater.
First and foremost, Tim is a dad. He and his wife, Carol, have been married since 1995 and have two children, Paget and Zachary.
Tim attended Saint Mary’s University where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce. He then earned his Chartered Accountant designation in Halifax. After graduation, he and Carol moved to Bermuda where he worked with both Deloitte and in the reinsurance industry. In 2007, knowing that they wanted to raise their children closer to their extended family, Carol and Tim returned to Nova Scotia and have lived in Pictou County ever since.
On November 2, 2020, Tim was awarded his profession’s highest mark of distinction, the Fellow (FCPA) designation, by Chartered Professional Accountants of Nova Scotia.
Tim’s love for this province and its people — and discussions in hockey rinks — sparked his interest in politics. He successfully sought the Pictou East PC nomination in 2012 and was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. He was re-elected in 2017, 2021, and again in November 2024.
In 2018, Tim was elected Leader of the PC Party of Nova Scotia. He was sworn in as Premier of Nova Scotia on August 31, 2021, and started his second term in office in December 2024.
Premier Houston also serves as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade.
Hon. François Legault
Premier of Quebec
Learn MoreFrançois Legault was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on May 26, 1957. He is married and has two children. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Public Accountancy) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA in Finance) from HEC Montréal. He is a Fellow of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec.
François Legault began his career as an auditor and team leader at Ernst & Young from 1978 to 1984, before being appointed director of finance and administration at Nationair Canada in 1984.
In 1985, he became marketing director for Québecair. A year later, he cofounded Air Transat and served as its CEO until 1997.
Mr. Legault went into politics from 1998 to 2009, where he held several important offices in the Government of Québec, including Minister of Education and Minister of Health and Social Services.
On November 14, 2011, François Legault founded a new party, Coalition Avenir Québec, which he also leads.
Mr. Legault was elected MNA for the L’Assomption riding in the 2012 and 2014 general elections. In October 2018, he was re-elected and became Premier of Québec when his party obtained the majority of votes.
New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP)
Since 1973, the six New England states and the five Eastern Canadian provinces have worked cooperatively to address their shared interests, such as trade, energy security and affordability, environmental sustainability and modernizing transportation and industry.
The 11 member jurisdictions of NEG-ECP are New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
The region’s Gross Domestic Product is $2.364 trillion CDN, making it one of the world’s largest economic blocs.
At an annual conference, premiers and governors join with academia and industry to advance the region. The NEG-ECP is composed of standing committees and working groups, which execute reports and resolutions passed at the annual conference.
NEG-ECP Resolutions
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45th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Boston, Massachusetts, September 10, 2024
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Resolution 45-1. Resolution Concerning the Committee on Energy and Regional Collaboration
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Resolution 45-2. Resolution Concerning Ecological Connectivity, Climate Adaptation, and Food Security
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The Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Marks 50 Years of Cross-Border Collaboration
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43rd Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers May 17, 2021 (Video Conference)
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Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers in Saint John, New Brunswick, September 8-10, 2019
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42nd Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Stowe, Vermont, August 12-14, 2018
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Resolution 42-1, Resolution Concerning Adaptation
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Resolution 42-2, Resolution Concerning Energy Security and Affordability
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Resolution 42-3, Resolution Encouraging Regional Cooperation in Support of Business Development
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Resolution 42-4, Resolution Concerning the NAFTA and the Benefits of Cross-Border Trade
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Resolution 42-1, Resolution Concerning Adaptation
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Resolution 42-2, Resolution Concerning Energy Security and Affordability
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Resolution 42-3, Resolution Encouraging Regional Cooperation in Support of Business Development
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Resolution 42-4, Resolution Concerning the NAFTA and the Benefits of Cross-Border Trade
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41st Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, August 28, 2017
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Resolution 41-1, Trade Integration and the Benefits of Cross-Border Trade
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Resolution 41-2, Regional Climate Change Action Plan
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Resolution 41-3, Response to Emergencies in a Changing Climate
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Resolution 41-4 Transportation
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Resolution 41-1, Trade Integration and the Benefits of Cross-Border Trade
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Resolution 41-2, Regional Climate Change Action Plan
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Resolution 41-3, Response to Emergencies in a Changing Climate
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Resolution 41-4 Transportation
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40th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Boston, Massachusetts, August 29, 2016
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39th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, August 31, 2015
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38th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, July 14, 2014
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37th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, La Malbaie, Quebec, September 9, 2013
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36th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Burlington, Vermont, July 30, 2012
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35th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 10-12, 2011
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34th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Lenox, Massachusetts, July 11-13, 2010
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33rd Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Saint John, New Brunswick, September 14-15, 2009
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32nd Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 15-16, 2008
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31st Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Brudenell, Prince Edward Island, June 26, 2007
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30th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Newport, Rhode Island, May 11-13, 2006
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29th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, August 28-29, 2005