Kenney and Trudeau meeting described as “frank” and “realistic”

OTTAWA – A frank and realistic discussion is how both Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the federal Liberal government are describing a meeting Tuesday between Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

But Kenney says the next few weeks will be a critical time for Trudeau to prove it’s not just talk, and the Liberals are serious about addressing critical issues in his province.

Next week, federal and provincial finance ministers will meet and on the table are reforms to a federal program that tops up provincial revenues in the face of sudden shocks, a program all the premiers say needs to be amended.

Kenney says he is looking for action on that, but also further afield to a positive decision from cabinet on the development of a proposed oilsands mine in northern Alberta known as the Frontier project.