With NAFTA negotiations fully underway, newly elected Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer says he intends to shuffle his shadow cabinet with an emphasis on trade.

At an event at a Naramata winery Monday evening, Scheer spoke to a small crowd of supporters, as part of his Canadian tour, largely speaking to the need to 香蕉视频直播渕ake sure Justin Trudeau is a one-term prime minister.香蕉视频直播�

It was Scheer香蕉视频直播檚 first trip to the Okanagan since he was named the Conservative Party leader in the spring, with a stop in Kelowna also planned for Tuesday.

At the event, Scheer briefly took questions from reporters on a variety of subjects.

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Asked by the Western News what kind of deal he would like to see for Canadian wineries out of NAFTA negotiations, Scheer pointed to trade more broadly as a part of his party香蕉视频直播檚 strategy.

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Scheer said he believed the Liberal Party has 香蕉视频直播渕ishandled the trade file香蕉视频直播� by waiting and gauging the temperature before taking action.

However, he offered no position on how he hoped Canadian wine would flow across the border to the south.

But perhaps higher on mind in a media scrum was the cabinet shuffle from the Liberals, which included the resignation of Judy Foote, who helmed the public works and procurement ministry.

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That comment was directed more specifically at one of the more dramatic changes for the Liberal Party cabinet. The Ministry of Indigenous and Northern Affairs was effectively split into two ministries, with one tackling reconciliation and the other tackling more day-to-day issues like education.

香蕉视频直播淭he First Nations people I talk to, they want opportunities, and a lot of the things that the Liberals have done, unilaterally killing opportunities,香蕉视频直播� Scheer said, noting in particular the moratorium on exploration and natural resource development in the North.

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That said, Scheer said he was waiting to see how the newly split Indigenous affairs departments would work, but he didn香蕉视频直播檛 see the change as significant without actual action.

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Having lost a pair of seats in the Okanagan last election, Scheer said he expected to 香蕉视频直播渃ome back with some exciting policies that will speak to creating prosperity here in British Columbia香蕉视频直播� in an effort to win back those seats.

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He added that he wasn香蕉视频直播檛 intimidated by a leftward swing in Western Canada, with Alberta electing the NDP, the B.C. NDP taking power alongside the B.C. Green Party and the waning popularity of the Saskatchewan Party香蕉视频直播檚 Brad Wall.

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