Many, including B.C.’s premier, have called for a Team Canada approach to Donald Trump’s tariff threat. But it seems some provinces are going it alone.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met with Donald Trump this weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida golf club.
Smith is the first premier to do so since the incoming U.S. president first made his threat of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.
Smith told reporters Monday the two had a “constructive” conversation and she “emphasized the mutual importance of the U.S.-Canada relationship.”
“I think we need to be prepared that tariffs are coming,” she said.
Smith is pushing for “carve-outs” or exemptions to the tariffs, particularly for Canadian crude oil, the bulk of which is produced in Alberta’s oil sands.
Crude oil accounts for about one-fifth of all goods Canada ships abroad.
“I think oil and gas is going to be key to being able to …