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Tell us: What issue could be Justin Trudeau's breaking point?

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for a news conference on October 23, 2019 in Ottawa, Canada. - A weakened Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set out October 22, 2019 to secure the support of smaller parties he will need to form a government after winning Canada's nail-biter general election but falling short of a majority. Trudeau's Liberals took 157 seats in the 338-member House of Commons, down from a comfortable majority of 184 in the last ballot (and from 177 at the dissolution of parliament), official results showed. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP) (Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Just after winning a minority government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is setting out the core priorities of his next term, while facing questions about the apparent division in Canada following the election.

“Canadians sent the clear message that they expect their leaders to work together,” Trudeau said in a press conference on Wednesday. “I am going to take the time necessary to really reflect on how best to serve Canadians.”

The issues Trudeau is facing

The prime minister said two of the main priorities for his government will be tackling climate change and making life more affordable for Canadians, with Trudeau intending to put forward a Bill to lower taxes for the middle class.

He also addressed several questions about the lack of support in Alberta and Saskatchewan, with the Liberals not winning any seats in the provinces on Monday night, with the vast majority of ridings supporting the Conservative Party.

“I have been very, very clear in telling Canadians from coast to coast to coast that we need to realize that people in Albertan and people in Saskatchewan have faced very difficult years,“ Trudeau said.

“For too long, we have been selling our national resources to the U.S. at a discount...Getting our resources to markets other than the U.S. and do so as quickly as possible remains a priority for us. “

The prime minister also said he would move forward with the Trans Mountain expansion project, which he has faced significant pushback on since the government purchased the pipeline back in 2018.

“We made a decision to move forward on the pipeline because it was in the interest of Canada to do so, because the environment and the economy need to go together,” Trudeau said.

The 1,150-kilometre expansion would almost triple the capacity of the existing pipeline. Trudeau said any profit from the will be invested in natural climate solutions and clean energy projects.

The NDP and the Greens have been firmly opposed to the plan, arguing that more concrete actions need to be made to combat climate change and pipelines are not the answer.

Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet has been very vocal about opposing pipelines on Quebec land, but he said he wants Western Canada to “do their own thing” with regards to Trans Mountain.

Blanchet has criticized Trudeau for saying the door is open to potentially intervene in Bill 21, Quebec’s religious symbols ban for public servants, in the future. The Bloc Quebecois leader maintains that the federal government should not interfere in this provincial matter.

How Canadians are responding

With the #Wexit and #Rednexit hashtags circulating on Twitter, it seems the most immediate challenge the prime minister is facing is handling the apparent division in Canada, with a focus on the West.

Canadians in the Prairies and elsewhere in the country have been particularly vocal about the separation.

“Trudeau is at war with an industry that has done more to improve our standard of living in Canada than any other,” Conservative MP Erin O’Toole wrote in an article for the Toronto Sun. “Getting Canadian resources to market should be viewed as a critical issue for Ontario just as much as it is for Alberta. It’s time to have a different conversation about energy.”

“Mr. Kenney can continue to foment separatist sentiment in Alberta for cheap partisan gain, but that would be a stunning lack of leadership on his part,” Gary Mason wrote in his opinion column for The Globe and Mail. “I’m not sure what he hopes to gain by continually denouncing a Prime Minister who is actually trying to build a pipeline he so desperately wants.”

So what issue do you think will be the hardest for Trudeau to tackle? Vote in the poll above and leave your thoughts in the comments below.