2 w. ago Premier Danielle Smith and U.S. tariff proponent to address conservative gathering in Ottawa

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and former U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer, a previous supporter of tariffs, will speak at a conservative conference in Ottawa this week.

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2 w. ago Carney jokes that it’s a ‘bad idea’ to send ‘Danielle’ to persuade Americans

'And we’re going to send Danielle next, well, maybe we won’t. We won’t send Danielle. That’s a bad idea. Strike that'

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2 w. ago Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says latest U.S. tariffs hard to celebrate, but give time for talks

Smith said a renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement could be pushed until after the election, something she deemed 'very positive'

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2 w. ago Latest U.S. tariffs hard to celebrate, but give time for talks: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

“It's hard for me to celebrate,” Danielle Smith said Thursday in Calgary. She pointed to a “devastating” impact on the forestry industry, and for steel, aluminum and autoworkers.

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2 w. ago Letters to The Province: As a Canadian, I feel compelled to call out Alberta premier’s opportunistic bluster

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invites Americans to pause tariffs to enable her fellow-Albertan, Pierre Poilievre. At the same time pitching sovereignty, which in reality is a bid for secession. There’s just no other way to square her continually disruptive political rhetoric about “Alberta First”. As a Canadian, I feel compelled to call out her opportunistic […]

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2 w. ago Braid: Smith's tariff victory cry alarms Conservatives as Ontario car sector gets pounded

Smith’s Alberta-first language alarms many federal Conservatives who are desperately trying to get Leader Pierre Poilievre elected

Economics

3 w. ago Alberta Premier Smith expects key industries to escape imposition of new U.S. tariffs

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she expects some major industries, including those in her province, won’t face new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. Smith told reporters Tuesday that things could change, but she thinks food production and oil and gas won’t be targeted under Trump’s new tariff plan, which is set to be announced […]

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3 w. ago Alberta Premier Danielle Smith expects some industries to escape new U.S. tariffs

Danielle Smith says that since Canada doesn't tariff imports of U.S. oil or most food products, she expects those industries to remain unscathed.

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3 w. ago Smith hopeful, but unsure, that Alberta oil and food production will escape Wednesday's U.S. tariffs

"We don't have any tariffs on their oil and gas. So, I'm assuming that means that they're not going to have tariffs on our oil and gas," Smith said.

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3 w. ago Breakenridge: Premier can't dodge criticism for response to U.S. tariff threat

Smith positions herself as an 'I’m going to do it my way and I don’t care if you don’t like it' sort of politician, but gets rather defensive when people don’t like what she’s doing

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3 w. ago Leong: Danielle Smith’s U.S. tariffs diplomacy needs a reset

It's Danielle Smith's job to advocate for Alberta in the face of Donald Trump's unjustified tariffs. She just might want to rethink how she goes about doing it

Economics

3 w. ago 'Exactly what we wanted': Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends Florida trip, doubles down on fighting tariffs

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that after her conversation with controversial U.S. podcaster Ben Shapiro, he dedicated an entire episode the next day to discuss the detrimental impacts of tariffs on Americans. Speaking on 880 CHED podcast Your Province. Your Premier on Saturday, Smith, who has been criticized by the Alberta NDP for attending the event […]

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4 w. ago Alberta premier denounces critics who say U.S. meetings amount to treason

'We will not be pushed around and called traitors for merely having the courage to actually do something about our nation’s and province’s predicament'

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4 w. ago Braid: Defiant premier says they'll roll her off in a stretcher before she stops lobbying U.S.

Smith says she's trying to get tariffs delayed and removed, period, until after the election

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4 w. ago Braid: Defiant premier says they'll roll her off in a stretcher before she stops lobbying against U.S. tariffs

Smith says she's trying to get tariffs delayed and removed, period, until after the election

Economics

last month Tuesday's letters: Albertans will decide on Smith's loyalties

We have now learned that Premier Smith asked the Trump administration to pause tariffs during the federal election to assist Pierre Poilievre. She went on to say that Poilievre would be most in sync with Trump’s goals. This was in an interview with Breitbart News on March 8. These daft statements are an implicit request […]

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