December 3, 2018

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
Langevin Block
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau:
We are writing in response to the agenda for the First Ministers’ Meeting scheduled for
December 7, 2018 that was circulated to provinces and territories on November 30, 2018.
As proposed, the meeting agenda does not include any discussion on the crisis facing the energy
industry and the price differential that is crippling the Alberta, Saskatchewan and Canadian
economies. Our country is losing $80 million dollars a day because we cannot get tide water
access and world prices for Alberta’s oil and gas.
During your recent visit to Calgary, you called the economic impact of the oil price differential a
“crisis”. We agree. A crisis of this magnitude must be reflected in any discussion on “Economic
Competitiveness”.
We trust that the agenda for our upcoming First Ministers’ Meeting can be revised to better
reflect the need for a substantive discussion on issues of critical importance to the Canadian
economy. Therefore, we request that Energy Market Access and the Economic Impacts of the
Price Differential be added as an agenda item for discussion this week.
We all share a desire to improve the lives of everyday working Canadians, and this is a core
issue that must be resolved.
Thank you and we look forward to a substantive and fruitful discussion this week.

Rachel Notley
Premier of Alberta

Scott Moe
Premier of Saskatchewan