Offensive, alright
Premier Danielle Smith says reports she invited Trump regime to interfere in Canadian election are "offensive and false." We agree with half of that.
CBC News, March 23, 2025
The office of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is vehemently denying accusations that she asked the U.S. to interfere in Canadian federal politics, as comments Smith made during an interview with an American news outlet earlier this month made waves this weekend.
Smith, along with other Canadian political leaders, has been lobbying U.S. counterparts against placing the stiff tariffs President Donald Trump wants on Canadian goods. Part of her effort has included speaking with American news media.
During a March 8 interview with Breitbart, a right-wing U.S. media company, Smith said the Conservative Party of Canada was far ahead of the governing Liberal Party in polls before the trade war. But the threat of "unjust and unfair tariffs" had boosted Liberal support.
Smith told U.S. administration officials that she hoped "we could put things on pause," so Canada could get through an election, she told Breitbart. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is more aligned with the Trump administration's agenda, Smith said.
Any suggestion that Smith asked the U.S. to interfere in Canada's election is "offensive and false," her press secretary, Sam Blackett, told CBC News in a statement.
The Breitbart interview occurred before the Liberals elected Mark Carney as party leader, and before he called a federal election Sunday morning.
Well, at least she agrees that she is offensive.
That’s why she’s going to Washington with Delegates to talk about an Independence Referendum for Alberta . The Big meet and greet is in December. Smith should be talking to who’s ever PM and his Government and opposition Parties. Not the Head of a Foreign Government or any officials from his administration.