Premier Scott Moe declined a brief pull-aside meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his Saskatchewan visit last Thursday, citing the limited timeframe offered by Trudeau’s team as inadequate for discussing critical issues such as infrastructure, clean electricity standards and the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement. Moe also had scheduled meetings in Prince Albert that day and did not want to drive an eight-hour round trip without fully discussing the three items and potentially other matters. Trudeau had previously visited the province twice this year, but the two leaders failed to meet in person. Moe has criticized Trudeau’s liberal government on various topics, including environmental policies’ impact on Saskatchewan’s resource sector. Despite disagreements, Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government is willing to collaborate with Ottawa when it benefits the province. A political studies assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan described the lack of in-person meetings as a manifestation of a “problematic relationship” between the provincial and federal governments that have disparate interests and political ideologies.