There is an Alberta-sized hole in Canada’s plan to fight President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threat. After a chaotic couple of weeks, the premiers emerged all-for-one from a day-long meeting with the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday — all except Premier Danielle Smith,

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is slamming Alberta’s refusal to sign a joint statement on the plan to respond to Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying Premier Danielle Smith is not putting Canadians first.

The largest exporting province rejecting a ‘Team Canada’ approach against Donald Trump doesn’t position the country well to negotiate with a second Trump administration.

Canada’s effort to push back against possible US tariffs is being undermined by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s pledge to fight federal plans to cut or tax crude exports to the US, Canada’s natural resources minister said.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith refused to sign a joint statement of unity from the federal government and Canada’s premiers against U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose punishing tariffs on Canadian goods.

Though he said he respects Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said “Canada comes first” Thursday after Smith was the only premier not to sign a communique about Canada's response to tariff threats posed by U.