‘De-escalate the Rhetoric’: Alberta Premier Smith Urges Diplomacy in Face of Tariffs
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging Ottawa and her fellow premiers to use diplomacy as the “primary tool” to resolve U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.
A trade war has erupted between Canada and the United States since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods over the weekend. Trump’s tariffs went into effect on Feb. 1 with a 10 percent tax on oil and gas exports from Canada and a 25 percent tax levied on all other imported goods.
Smith says the lower tax on Canada’s energy export to the United States came as a result of the “sustained diplomatic efforts and advocacy” of her government since Trump first floated the idea of tariffs against Canada after his November 2024 election.
“Calm logical discussion is far more effective than ‘tough guy’ rhetoric when dealing with a misguided ally who has wronged us,” she said in a Feb. 2 op-ed in the National Post.
“As premier of Alberta, I am calling on my fellow premiers, the prime minister and all of our national leaders to de-escalate the rhetoric as much as possible and look to diplomacy and advocacy as our primary tool to resolve this conflict.
The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal
The America of 1960 was healthier than the America of 2025 because they lived in an environment that did not conspire against physiology.
Independent Medical Alliance Sep 17
By IMA Co-Founder Dr. Joseph Varon
Originally published by The Brownstone Institute on 09/16/2025
Walk into any American airport today and pause. Look around at the travelers waiting at the gate, the families queuing for fast food, the crowds rushing past. You are looking at a country that our grandparents would not recognize. In less than three generations, the very shape of the American body has shifted so dramatically that what would once have been regarded as rare or concerning is now routine. Airplane seats have been widened, retail clothing racks have been extended, mannequins have been reshaped, and soda cups have been enlarged. Entire industries have recalibrated to accommodate a physiology that is neither healthy nor sustainable.
Yet our cultural ...
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