1965 federal-provincial conference Canada's Premiers pose at the federal-provincial conference in Ottawa with Prime Minister Pearson and Governor-General Vanier; centre front. Flanking them are Premier Jean Lesage (left) of Quebec and Premier John Robarts of Ontario. Back row; left to right: Finance Minister Walter Gordon; Saskatchewan's Ross Thatcher; New Brunswick's Louis Robichaud; Prince Edward Island's Walter Shaw; Manitoba's Duff Roblin; Newfoundland's Joey Smallwood; British Columbia's W. A. C. Bennett; Nova Scotia's Robert Stanfield; Privy Council president Guy Favreau; and Alberta's E. C. Manning. Premiers today are discussing medicare scheme proposed Monday by Mr. Pearson.
