Meeting between Saskatchewan and Alberta about trade issues delayed

Next week’s meeting between Saskatchewan and Alberta to discuss trade issues is on hold.

READ MORE: Alberta challenges Saskatchewan licence plate ban under free trade rules

An Alberta government spokesman says Saskatchewan has asked for an extension given that the governing party is picking a new leader this weekend to replace Premier Brad Wall.

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READ MORE: Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall attends last cabinet meeting 

The meeting was to take place on Wednesday, but the two sides hadn’t settled on a place.

They had agreed to meet in Lloydminster, on the provincial boundary, but Wall’s government later asked that it be moved to Medicine Hat in southern Alberta, which is closer to Regina.

READ MORE: Saskatchewan ends ban on Alberta licence plates at its job sites 

The meeting grew out of a dispute between the two provinces in December when Saskatchewan banned vehicles with Alberta licence plates at its job sites.

Saskatchewan said it was in response to similar rules at Alberta sites, but never provided any proof, and earlier this week it dropped the ban.