Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has complicated ongoing negotiations with the U.S. after newly inaugurated President Donald Trump set a date to impose tariffs against Canada. Smith told reporters at a Tuesday morning news conference the focus should be on diplomacy and ending talks about retaliatory tariffs.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been under fire for apparently betraying Team Canada when it comes to the threatened tariffs from President Donald Trump. But despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stoking Canada-Alberta divisions, the two leaders are remarkably in agreement on how best to approach the problem.
Just a few weeks ago Trudeau claimed it was an affront to all women that Americans failed to elect Kamala Harris over Trump, to which Smith said. “We have a prime minister who keeps on poking his finger in the eye of the current administration and has damaged that relationship.”
Trudeau and 12 of Canada’s 13 premiers agreed to form a united front and pledge that “everything” is on the table in a potential tariff war with Donald Trump.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to the press for 45 minutes Tuesday morning. It was after 41 of those minutes when you hear the emotion in her voice while answering a question from your scribbler.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday singled out Alberta Premier Danielle Smith as being the only provincial leader to act against Canada’s national interest, after she refused to sign a statement supporting the country’s approach to incoming U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs.
Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is slamming Alberta’s refusal to sign a joint statement on the plan to respond to Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying Premier Danielle Smith is not putting Canadians first.
Canada's premiers are meeting virtually with the prime minister today to talk about Donald Trump's early moves as president.
If the president-elect imposes 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods, Ottawa may cut off energy supplies or impose its own tariffs.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Danielle Smith to put her "country first" after the Alberta leader did no sign the "Team Canada" joint statement.
TORONTO, ONT – Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday American ... The premier of oil-rich Alberta, Danielle Smith, said Americans in some states could pay more than ...