The President of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association is taking an active role in western representation at the federal level. Gordon Barnhart will be part of a Federation of Canadian Municipalities task force set up to speak with the Liberal minority government in Ottawa. Barnhart feels it will be a key voice for Saskatchewan which has no members in the Trudeau government caucus. He says he’s encouraged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with the mayors of Saskatoon and Regina but believes discussion needs to go further than phone conversations