On January 30th, every premier and territorial leader in Canada will gather in Ottawa for a meeting. Imagine, all those leaders in one room behind closed doors. They call it the Council of the Federation. And once again the Prime Minister of Canada will not attend that meeting. He's been invited but he said no. He will not pose for a photo; he will not engage in small talk about hockey, the weather, or plunging oil prices. And nor should he. He’s got six episodes of the Murdoch Mysteries in his PVR; he needs to catch up.