Bilous says Alberta pushing for trade meeting with Saskatchewan in Lloydminster, not Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB — Deron Bilous, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade for Alberta, says the province will continue to push for a meeting with Saskatchewan in Lloydminster rather than in Medicine Hat in an attempt to resolve an ongoing trade dispute.
On Monday, Bilous says Saskatchewan had agreed to meet with Alberta on January 31 in an attempt to resolve the dispute involving a ban on Alberta license plates on Saskatchewan job sites. Saskatchewan says the ban is in response to a similar ban on Saskatchewan plates in Alberta, but Bilous says one isn’t in place.
The meeting date comes nine days after a deadline for Saskatchewan to drop the ban. If they don’t, binding arbitration under the New West trade partnership gets underway. Alberta filed the legal challenge under the partnership between the four western provinces last month.