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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe want Prime Minister Trudeau to make the oil price differential an agenda topic at this week’s meetings in Montreal. (Jason Franson/Canadian Press, Christopher Katsarov/Canadian Press) Alberta and Saskatchewan want issues facing the oilpatch to be on the agenda when premiers meet with the prime minister later this week. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe have made the request in an open letter to Justin Trudeau. They say the current agenda does not include any discussion of a crisis facing the energy industry. Alberta’s oil is currently fetching bargain basement prices thanks to a growing glut and lack of pipeline capacity to get oil to market. The premiers say the problem is costing Canada $80 million a day and the meeting agenda should reflect that. The premiers are scheduled to meet with Trudeau in Montreal on Friday. “During your recent visit to Calgary, you called the economic impact of the oil price differential a ‘crisis.’ We agree,” Notley and Moe wrote in a letter released Tuesday. “A crisis of this magnitude must be reflected in any discussion on ‘Economic Competitiveness.’ We trust that the agenda for our upcoming […]
