Trudeau in Halifax to meet with re-elected N.S. premier, fireside chat also [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Halifax Monday to meet with newly re-elected Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston, who has a long list of grievances against Ottawa.

Houston had defended his decision to call a snap election in the province because he said he needed a strengthened mandate to battle for more funding and concessions from the federal government.

That decision went against his own party’s promise to adhere to fixed-term elections.

“My word is important to me, it’s really important to me, but the thing that’s more important to me is Nova Scotians,” he said on the first day of the campaign, repeating his message that he needed a strong mandate now — not next July — to stand up to Ottawa on issues like the resettlement of asylum seekers and the imposition of the federal carbon price.

Houston’s Progressive Conservatives won a landslide victory in the Nov. 26 election— …