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Above: Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne discusses the ongoing spat between her and Prime Minister Stephen Harper as he continues to refuse to meet with her.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she was neither attempting to gain publicity nor acting on a personal vendetta when she publicly released a letter sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper requesting a meeting.

“My contention [is] that it’s important for the prime minister and the premier of the largest province to meet together,” she said in an interview on The West Block with Tom Clark

“It is not a personal request, this is a request on behalf of the people in Ontario.”

Late last week, Wynne wrote to Harper, noting more than a year had passed since they last met, on Dec. 5, 2013.

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Fifty-three weeks without a meeting between the prime minister and the leader of the country’s biggest province is simply too long, Wynne wrote before requesting the two meet early in the new year.

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Since the 2013 meeting, the Liberal premier and Conservative prime minister have publicly criticized each other over pension plans, the provincial deficit and infrastructure planning.

Speaking to Tom Clark, Wynne said there are a number of files for the two to discuss including the Ring of Fire and the auto industry.

“I think that in order for there to be national well-being and a national vision, it’s very important for the provinces to have that working relationship with the prime minister,” she said. “That’s why my ministers have written to … their federal counterparts and it’s why I will continue to propose to [the] prime minister that we sit down and talk about areas of mutual interest.”

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Wynne has yet to receive an answer from the prime minister, though Harper met with newly minted Toronto Mayor John Tory Thursday, the same day Wynne sent her letter.

Harper also met with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis last week.

WATCH: Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis talks to Tom Clark following a disappointing meeting late Friday with the Prime Minister.

Following the meeting late Friday, Davis threatened to quash the European free trade deal, called CETA, if Harper didn’t live up to his promise of giving hundreds of millions to the Newfoundland fishing industry.

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“It [was] a very disappointing meeting with the prime minister,” Davis told host Tom Clark. “We’re in a very different place. We haven’t clearly reached an agreement on funding for a fishery innovation fund for Newfoundland and Labrador. And how this took place is important as well.”

Davis said Ottawa approached the province regarding “minimum processing requirements” for fishing.

As it stands, Newfoundland and Labrador has authority over processing fish in the province as well as licensing abilities, Davis explained.

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“[Ottawa] asked us to give up one of those authorities so they can reach an agreement on CETA,” he said. “We wanted an opportunity to renew our fishery. We want an opportunity to have a sustainable fishery for long term.”

As Davis says, federal negotiators agreed to a joint $400-million fund, of which Ottawa would pay $280 million dollars.

He maintains the cash was in exchange for the province giving up minimum processing rules under CETA that helped protect fish plant jobs.

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In a statement after the meeting, the Prime Minister’s Office said an unspecified amount is available for related losses.

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“The Minimum Processing Requirements fund was always intended to compensate hard-working Newfoundlanders and Labradorians for demonstrable losses as a result of the removal of these requirements,” the statement said.

“It was never intended to be a blank cheque.”

Davis, however, contended the necessity to demonstrate losses before accessing the funds was never part of the negotiations.

“We bargained in good faith and we believed that we had an agreement in place,” he said. “Seventeen months after we had come to an agreement … we have to come up with being able to establish a demonstrated loss. [That] really solidifies to me you can’t trust the federal government. You can’t trust Stephen Harper’s government.”

With files from The Canadian Press