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,

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.

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.