Trudeau to hold meetings with opposition leaders

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to hold one-on-one meetings with each of the House of Commons party leaders later this month.

The meetings will likely be held the week of Nov.11,according to a spokesperson in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).The schedulingof those meetings is already underway.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet have each been contacted, the PMOsaid.

The NDP confirmed to CBC News that Singh will be meeting with Trudeau.

The conversations are expected tofocus on things Trudeau raised in his post-election news conference: finding common ground, representing Western Canada, moving forward on environmental protections and how to make life more affordable for Canadians.

The party leaders and the prime minister have kept relatively low profiles since election day, when the Liberals were reduced to a minority government but held onto power.

Because they fell short of the 170 seats needed for a majority, the government will have to rely on support from one or more of the other parties to pass legislation orsurvive votes of confidence in the House of Commons.

Singh had already started to outlinehis conditions for supporting the Liberals during the campaign. A strong commitment to environmental issues and pharmacarehave been presented asnon-negotiablesfor securing the NDP's support.

Trudeau has ruled out acoalition arrangement one that could see members of other parties named to cabinet positions but a confidence-and-supplyagreement or working on a case-by-case basis could still be on the table.

Two days after theelection, Trudeau hinted at these upcoming meetings.At the time, he said he plannedto sit down with each of the leaders to discuss their priorities and how they can work together plans that are now underway.

Since the election, thePMO saidthe prime minister has had calls with all sitting premiers, municipaland Indigenous leadersplus defeated and current MPs.

CBC News has reached out to the Conservatives and Greens for comment.