Alberta’s Smith, premiers vow stability, unity in wake of Ottawa political chaos [Video]

Alberta’s premier is among provincial leaders promising Canadians stability and unity as fractures form within the federal government.

Danielle Smith said Monday at the fall meeting of Canada’s premiers that she’s taking away encouragement from the outgoing finance minister’s resignation letter to keep working to lessen the threat of a trade war with the U.S.

“I am reading it as, “Please keep going, premiers. Please keep meeting. Please keep reaching out to governors,” Smith told media on Monday in Toronto, site of the Council of the Federation meeting.

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On the same day she was set to deliver an economic statement, Chrystia Freeland resigned from her federal cabinet post as finance minister, joining housing minister Sean Fraser. Senior cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc was sworn in as her replacement in the finance portfolio on Monday afternoon.

That triggered a cabinet shuffle, followed by a fiscal update with a much bigger …