Trump’s tariffs: Danielle Smith won’t say if move is justified [Video]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canada should address U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s border concerns in the next two months, before he’s back in the White House, instead of comparing our situation to Mexico’s and arguing the tariff threats are unjustified.

“We need to address those issues,” Smith told CTV News Channel’s Power Play host Vassy Kapelos in an interview on Tuesday. “We can’t downplay them, and we can’t play the ‘yeah, but’ game, and we can’t pretend that the economic interests are going to override those very legitimate interests.”

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Trump stated in a social media post Monday night he’d implement 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, until the two countries fix the “long simmering problem” of drugs and illegal immigrants crossing into the United States.

While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre …