Sask. Premier Scott Moe says federal election results an opportunity to 'reset' relationship with Ottawa

Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday that the results of Monday's federal election provide an opportunity to "hit the reset button" on the relationship between the federal government and the province of Saskatchewan.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals are projected to form government. On Tuesday morning, Moe congratulated Carney on the victory and said the province has ideas on how Canada can move forward.

"I would take this opportunity to invite Prime Minister Carney to a meeting here in Saskatchewan, where we'd love to host him to chart a productive path forward for our province within the nation of Canada," Moe said.

Moe said he wants the federal government "to engage and consult" with Saskatchewan on legislation and policies.

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The premier pointed to the federal price on carbon, clean electricity regulations and the glacial pace of infrastructure projects as examples of decisions made by former prime minister Justin Trudeau where Saskatchewan was not consulted. 

Moe said Carney's comments on wanting to work with western provinces like Saskatchewan and Alberta are great to hear, as is the prime minister's desire to make the country a global energy superpower. 

However, those are nothing but words, Moe said.

"Policies truly do matter, in particular in this space, and so some of the government's policies, the federal government's policies, they quite simply are going to need to change in order for Canada to achieve that goal," Moe said.

Moe stopped short of repeating his call for the federal government to not impose the federal backstop on the industrial carbon tax. Moe's government eliminated the provincial Output-Based Performance Standards program, which taxes large industrial emitters, at the start of this month.

"If our true goal is to achieve lower emissions, I think we can sit down and and talk our way through how over the next decade, decade and a half, we're going to significantly lower emissions at a much lower cost point than maybe just a one-size fits all policy across the nation," Moe said.

The premier also called for Carney to create a plan to respond to China's tariffs on canola and figure out how to navigate the trade war with the United States. 

Thirteen of the province's 14 federal ridings are projected to elect Conservative MPs.

The only exception to the sea of blue in Saskatchewan was the riding of Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River, in which Buckley Belanger is projected to become the first Liberal MP elected in Saskatchewan since 2015.