Premier Moe backs Danielle Smith’s controversial U.S. advocacy efforts

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s efforts to defuse an escalating commerce warfare with the US needs to be counseled.

Moe’s remark comes as Smith heads to Florida for an occasion at an undisclosed location with a far-right U.S. influencer who has mocked Canada as a “foolish nation” and spoken about it being annexed because the 51st state.

Amid continued tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, Moe says Smith is one among Canada’s strongest advocates.

He says he commends Smith and all premiers for doing their finest to advocate and educate Individuals on how built-in each nations’ economies are “regardless of the rhetoric.”

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Smith gave a passionate speech in the home Wednesday denouncing those that would accuse her of treason, saying she’s being unjustly criticized for attempting to persuade American decision-makers to desert the tariffs.

Alberta’s Opposition NDP has referred to as for weeks on the United Conservative premier to cancel her look in Florida, saying Smith is utilizing taxpayer cash to fundraise for an extremist, Islamophobic group that denies the historical past of American slavery.

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— With information from Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press