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Mark Ch's avatar

It's very important that Smith point out that the likely consequence of Ontario forcing another Liberal government on Alberta is secession.

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Just playing devil’s advocate here, but if I put myself in the shoes of the then-caretaker government of Justin Trudeau during the recent Liberal leadership, I would probably and similarly echo Smith’s message to the US administration: that it should put a pause on things until a Canadian election was held. Canada’s active capacity to meaningfully negotiate with the US was obviously knee-capped the moment Trudeau announced he prorogued parliament and was stepping down. It’s been clear as day that Canada can’t have meaningful or concrete engagements with anyone until a parliament and government with a mandate is eventually elected. So the notion of a US pause against Canada until Canada is ready to engage is not at all unreasonable. As for Smith’s opining on potential cross-national relationship probabilities with Trump: that’s all it is — opining! If the Trump administration or Canadians want a better understanding of those relationship possibilities, that would be best informed by the leaders themselves holding direct dialogue with Trump. Last I checked, none of the leaders have had such direct dialogue. Until that happens, everything on that front is entirely speculative.

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