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“It’s extremely important that the government works for all Canadians and as I have endeavoured to do over the past years, and as I will do even more now, deliberately, I will be reaching out to leaders across the country, reaching out specifically to Westerners to hear from them,” he said.

“This is something that I take very seriously as a responsibility to ensure that we are moving forward in ways that benefit all Canadians, and I will be listening and working with a broad range of people to ensure that that happens.”

He also said his government intends to forge ahead with the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline project, saying that it is in the national interest — even if it is opposed by New Democrat and Green MPs, whose support he is going to need to implement the government’s agenda.

It wasn’t just premiers out west that Trudeau spoke with — he also reached out to Quebec Premier Francois Legault and Ontario’s Doug Ford, whose unpopularity Trudeau used as a battering ram against Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer.

Reflecting on Monday’s vote, he said Canadians gave him a lot to think about, and that he will take the time necessary to reflect on how to work with the other parties. To that end, he is promising to sit down with all party leaders to hear their priorities.