OTTAWA–The issue of Western alienation will loom large over the Prime Minister’s Office Tuesday as Justin Trudeau holds meetings with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe. Trudeau and Scheer are scheduled to meet for the first time since October’s federal election, which returned Trudeau’s Liberals to power with a minority government. Trudeau, meanwhile, must reckon not only with a diminished mandate but with the very real anger directed at him from Alberta and Saskatchewan. At Tuesday’s meeting, Scheer will demand that Trudeau bring back the House of Commons on Nov. 25, the Monday after the prime minister names his new cabinet. The Saskatchewan premier has been a standard bearer for the anger and frustration coming out of the West.

Source: thestar November 11, 2019 23:00 UTC