The four Atlantic Canadian premiers are set to meet in St. John’s, N.L. today, with another Eastern Canadian premier and a prominent federal cabinet minister scheduled to join discussions.

The premiers will be joined by Quebec Premier Francois Legualt to discuss clean energy and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is scheduled to meet with the premiers in the afternoon.

Legault met with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball on Sunday afternoon ahead of Monday’s gathering with premiers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

During Legault’s first visit to the province as premier, the two leaders said they continued previous discussions about collaboration around mining, transportation and hydroelectricity.

“I consider you as a friend, Dwight, and I think there’s a lot of potential in developing common business in hydroelectricity, mining,” Legault said Sunday during a photo opportunity that was closed to questions in Ball’s Confederation Building office.

After a meeting in Quebec last November, Ball said the two leaders discussed the proposal of an underground tunnel connecting Labrador to the island of Newfoundland, saying Quebec supports the idea.

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