The house leader for the federal Conservatives says the Liberal cabinet should have taken some time to listen to members of the agriculture sector during their meetings in Winnipeg this week.

Cabinet members wrapped up three days of closed-door meetings on Tuesday.

Candice Bergen says cabinet should have met with groups like Keystone Agriculture Producers and the Wheat Growers of Canada to understand the impact of the national carbon tax.

"We were definitely looking for Ag Minister (Marie-Claude) Bibeau to sit down with some farmers, sit down with KAP and with the grain growers and other parts of the ag sector and hear first hand some of the major challenges that they are facing here in Manitoba and really across western provinces. We didn't see that happen, which is not a good sign from the Liberals and the Prime Minister."

Bergen says the Liberals received a strong message in the federal election that their policies are not accepted in half of the country.

"We're definitely looking for them to soften their stand on things like the carbon tax as well as Bill C-69 which is an anti-pipeline bill. I'm also hearing first-hand about the lack of infrastructure money that's getting out in Manitoba and in many of the western provinces. It remains to be seen if the prime minister will...start to listen and actually act and make some changes to his policies."

Bergen says Conservative MPs will be heading back to Parliament on Monday and will be looking for a change in attitude and actions from the Liberal government following their meeting in Winnipeg.