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CHARLOTTETOWN — Canada’s premiers have agreed at their annual meeting that they need more money from Ottawa to pay for health-care and infrastructure — a familiar refrain at these gatherings — but there was no consensus Thursday on how much cash they want to deal with crumbling roads and an aging population.

Premier Robert Ghiz, host of Council of the Federation conference in Charlottetown, said those numbers would be released in January, when the premiers have scheduled another meeting.

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Ghiz also said the premiers agreed to set up committees to advise them on infrastructure needs and an aging population.

“Those two areas were the ones we were unanimous on,” he told a news conference at the conclusion of the first full day of talks. The meeting wraps up Friday.

The premiers also agreed to call on the federal government to set up a so-called aging innovation fund to help pay for ballooning health-care costs. However, there were few details on how large that fund should be or what it would be used for.