Alberta premier Danielle Smith speaks out on Trump, tariffs, Trudeau and why it’s time for new elections
David Krayden
“We can change the pathway and the trajectory that we now find ourselves on.”
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith can sometimes perform like Canada’s real prime minister—at least when it comes to negotiating with President Donald Trump over his proposed 25 percent tariff on all Canadian goods. Trump apparently respects and likes Smith, perhaps almost as much as enjoys trolling Justin Trudeau as the “governor” of the “51st state.” She was the only Canadian politial leader invited to Trump’s inauguration.
In an exclusive interview with The Post Millennial, Smith said it is time to for Canada and the US to resolve their trade differences and move forward to mutual prosperity, even as she arugued that Canada needs a new federal government to make its point with Washington.
Smith said she is prepared to keep on working for Alberta and Canada. “I will go to the United States as often as I need to. I’ll be going down to … the big energy conference in Houston in March. And I’m hoping that that will be be able to have a really constructive conversation about how we might be able to get more oil and gas pipelines built so that we can, we can help with the US aspiration of energy dominance. I think that’s important for for global energy security.”
The premier called for a federal election in Canada, sooner rather than later.
“Well, look, I don’t want to overstate it, but I recognize that the relationship between Canada and the US is is prime minister to president, and it’s very important that we have a prime minister in that chair who has a four year mandate, because they’re the ones who are going to be negotiating our international trade deals,” Smith said.