A new ballot question: How should Canada define its relationship with the U.S.? [Video]

In these disorienting days, Canadian leaders are responding in real time to a deeply uncertain world. 

On the day the president of the United States launched a global trade war, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith chose to look on the bright side. The United States, she wrote, had decided to “uphold the majority of the free trade agreement … between our two nations.” And while some tariffs remained in place, “it appears the worst of this tariff dispute is behind us.”

At least two parts of the latter comment might be disputed — that the “worst” is truly “behind us,” and that the challenge facing Canada amounts to a “tariff dispute.” But given her previously stated hopethat the present conflict between the United States and Canada could be put on pause until after the federal election, it is not surprising that she leapt at the modicum of solace to be found …