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https://calgarysun.com/news/politics/showcasing-improved-border-protection-could-curtail-trump-tariffs-smith/wcm/9d36c847-8519-47c7-9767-917b3c101980
“Smith said crews from Trump’s favoured Fox News television network have been at the Coutts border crossing in southern Alberta to highlight Canada’s efforts to improve border security.
“We want to ensure that the American people along with their president and elected representatives know that action is being taken on this issue,” Smith said.
“We are hopeful that these Fox News appearances display our province’s and our nation’s commitment.”
Smith cited remarks made earlier in the day by Howard Lutnick — the CEO of a finance services company and Trump’s pick to lead the department of commerce — indicating that Canada could avoid tariffs if it continues its efforts to secure its border with the U.S.
“If we are your biggest trading partner, show us the respect, shut your border,” he said during his confirmation hearing in Washington.”
The worst government in the history of western society
https://x.com/stephen_taylor/status/1942667377067381242
https://open.substack.com/pub/jeffreyr/p/why-alberta-cant-afford-to-wait?r=17btaf&utm_medium=ios
“This short video breaks down the cold, hard numbers and why now is the time to act.
📊 Ottawa has siphoned more than $400 billion from Alberta in just the last decade
📈 A free Alberta would run a projected $48 billion annual surplus, enough to eliminate provincial income tax, fund Indigenous development, build our own pension and policing, and still have billions left over
These aren’t hopes. They’re facts
And the longer we wait, the deeper the financial hole becomes”
Ah yes…and so it begins. The devil is in the details isn’t it?
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An economist says Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the federal government need to come on board to facilitate Alberta and Ontario’s latest trade deals, including the construction of a pipeline.
Premier Danielle Smith and Premier Doug Ford announced Monday that the two provinces have signed two new agreements aimed at expanding interprovincial trade, building new rail lines, ports and pipelines, and developing energy corridors to link Alberta’s oil, gas, and critical minerals with global markets.
“It’s great that the two of them want to commit to deepening ties, but if they look at a map, they’ll see that there are two very large provinces that separate them,” Moshe Lander, a Concordia University economics professor, told the Western Standard.
Lander says while Prime Minister Mark Carney has been trying to get everyone on board with the meetings of the premiers to remove interprovincial trade barriers, there is a need to prioritize ...
