Federal politicians will get back to work on December 5th, as parliament resumes in Ottawa for the first time since the October election; and we'll get our first look at Justin Trudeau's minority government.

MP Blake Richards and his conservatives are back in opposition, with a stronger caucus of one hundred and twenty one seats, that's up from the previous ninety five.

Richards say for Canada to be as strong as it can be, Alberta needs to be as strong as it can be; and that's the message he'll be focusing on in meetings with Parliament.

"The number job hands down without question has to be to find a way to unify this country again, and that is going to have to start with an understanding that our oil and gas products are critical to this country's success. Until that happens this country is going to have some hard times ahead."

Richards says that a divided country isn't the answer and if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is willing to take the necessary measures to unify the country he would have the full support of the Conservative party.

"This is a divided country, there's absolutely no question about that. We've seen the resurgence of the Bloc Quebecois, but more importantly we've got a lot of  frustration and a lot of anger that we're hearing here in Alberta, and understandably so. As Albertans we just want to contribute. We want to put people back to work and we want to use the full economic power of our province.

Richards says the interest of Albertans will be strongly represented in parliament and that the conservatives are ready to go. Parliament resumes in Ottawa on December 5th.