Premiers from across the country will be in Whitecourt this week for the First Ministers Conference, and the Wildrose is hoping Alberta Premier Rachel Notley will work on building Alberta's relationship with Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.

Notley and Wall had a war of words the last time they met, when Wall gave an oral defense to Canada's oil and gas sector.

Going into this week's meetings, Wall has some issues and concerns about how the province is taxing itself along with inter-provincial trade.

Highwood MLA Wayne Anderson says in a time of economic uncertainty, the Province should not be alienating itself from it's allies.

"I think the premier should be strengthening ties that support our industries, specifically oil and gas, while not alienating ourselves from other provinces."

Anderson adds when it comes to the taxes that Premier Wall is worried about, he believes he's referring to the carbon tax that the Notley government has pushed through.

He says this is not the right time for a carbon tax and the government should be trying to stop taxing to introduce and promote economic development. He adds when the government is pushing through a tax that they didn't run their platform on, or represent themselves with, they are doing the exact opposite and is a worry to premier Wall.

"They have to understand that you can't ignore your neighbours, you have to work with your provincial counterparts to develop trade and bring in economic development."

Anderson says another problem is the Notley government's anti-oil and pipeline ideology.

According to Anderson, this way of thinking would be like telling Saskatchewan not to grow wheat or telling B.C. not to do anything with natural resources.

Anderson's hope is the government could change their way of thinking about oil and pipelines while fostering a relationship with neighbours, especially Saskatchewan, as they are an ally who continues to support the oil sands.

"It would be great if they said 'Let's have a western provincial trade system that is going to apply to and work with the current industries and economic environment we are currently facing.'"