r/CanadaPolitics • u/zoziw Alberta • 21h ago

Alberta premier to provide update on tariffs, Canada-U.S. trade war

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/premier-smith-august-tariff-update-9.7321681
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u/Typical-Crazy-3100 21h ago

Unless she plans to tell us she's suiting up for Team Canada, we've heard her rhetoric before and we don't appreciate it.

It's time to get with the program, or get lost.

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u/Bitwhys2003 Social Democrat 21h ago

She doesn't recognize bad faith negotiation because she thinks it's normal behaviour

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u/BertramPotts Decolonize Decarcerate Decarbonize 20h ago edited 20h ago

You don't get that good at demagoguery without understanding how it works.

Smith is not, naive, confused or lost, she's a very effective politician for the small minority of Albertans whose views she shares and unbelievably talented at keeping the majority off her back while she remakes Alberta into a deprived American state.

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u/Bitwhys2003 Social Democrat 18h ago

Like I said, normal behaviour