Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has left his special representative for the Prairies out of cabinet, appearing to signal a departure from trying to quiet tensions in the West.
Manitoba Liberal Jim Carr was appointed to the post following the 2019 federal election where the Grits saw themselves shut out of Alberta and Saskatchewan, even losing longtime Regina cabinet minister Ralph Goodale.
The Liberals have lost representation in the Prairies since forming government in 2015, but Trudeau is perhaps feeling more optimistic after the Sept. 20 election, which saw Liberal Randy Boissonnault defeat Conservative incumbent James Cumming in Edmonton Centre. Another move that may raise eyebrows in the West is the appointment of Quebec environmentalist Steven Guilbeault to lead Environment and Climate Change.
His name was mentioned several times in Alberta's recently released report from a public inquiry into so-called "anti-Alberta energy campaigns," which Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party government said tried to harm the province's prosperity.
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