Danielle Smith's U.S. media remarks stoke reaction as party

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Danielle Smith's U.S. media remarks stoke reaction as party leaders hit campaign trail

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Smith mused about possibility of putting tariffs ‘on pause’ to benefit Conservatives

Joel Dryden · CBC News · Posted: Mar 24, 2025 4:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

EXCERPT: "Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's recent comments to right-wing U.S. media outlet Breitbart News have quickly drawn reaction from party leaders seeking to position themselves as the best option to manage a contentious relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Over the weekend, a resurfaced March 8 interview with Breitbart made the rounds on social media, in which Smith said the threat of "unjust and unfair tariffs" had boosted Liberal support.

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"What I fear, is that the longer this dispute goes on, politicians posture, and it seems to be benefiting the Liberals right now," Smith said.

"So I would hope that we could put things on pause, is what I've told administration officials. Let's just put things on pause so that we can get through an election. Let's have the best person at the table make the argument for how they would deal with it — and I think that's Pierre Poilievre."

Smith went on to say that, "on balance, the perspective that Pierre would bring would be very much in sync with, I think, with the new direction in America. And I think we'd have a really great relationship for the period of time they're both in." . . . . "

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