Smith says Alberta will patrol shared border with Montana [Video]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province is ready to take border security into its own hands.

“(We’re) working on ways to get sheriffs and drones to the border so that we can demonstrate with action that we are serious about addressing issues we have heard about,” Smith said.

“I think it’s incumbent upon us to work with our federal counterparts, our border security, Montana officials to make sure that we’re sharing information and making sure we’re apprehending people meaning to do us harm.”

Smith’s comments come after an hours-long meeting between Canada’s premiers and the federal government Wednesday.

The meeting was called as Ottawa pushes a “Team Canada” approach to President-Elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all goods from Canada and Mexico.

Trump said the tariff will be imposed in January and will remain until concerns about border security and illegal immigration are …