Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday the country's leaders must put Canada first and forcefully hit back against president-elect Donald Trump if he goes ahead with punishing tariffs on all of our goods while also singling out Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for her reluctance to go all-in on retaliation.

Perhaps Canada should raise a toast to Jack Daniel’s and Jim Beam? Maybe they have as much power around Donald Trump’s White House as Elon Musk and Robert Kennedy Jr. Or, at least enough sway to put a trade war — one that would hit the economies of Tennessee and Kentucky,

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canada needs to be prepared for tariffs to come into effect when Donald Trump takes office, but cutting off the supply of oil is not the answer.

The current Alberta premier, a former talk-show host and lobbyist, similarly never seemed to have much in common with Ontario Premier Doug Ford ... the U.S. (Danielle Smith/X) Ford?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford sent a clear message to Donald Trump at the premier’s meeting, while Alberta Premier Danielle Smith skipped the meeting and refused to join a unified response.

Trump wants Greenland and the Panama Canal. And, amidst a week of turmoil in Ottawa, which saw beleaguered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing that he would be stepping down, Trump spent considerable energy speaking about turning Canada into the 51st state.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who attended the news conference virtually, refused to sign a joint communique and instead issued a blistering statement online. Smith said that there was a constructive discussion at the meeting, but she can’t back everything that is being discussed.

Premier Doug Ford is proposing a closer relationship with the U.S. when it comes to critical minerals while at the same time boasting that the province won’t “roll over” should president-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threatened tariffs upon taking office next week.

The hoped-for consensus on how to retaliate against U.S. tariffs didn't materialize during the first minister's meeting in Ottawa after Alberta continued to refuse to go along with possible cuts to oi