I guess I don't really understand the way the Smith vs. Trump thing is being characterized. If I am understanding her goal correctly, it is to essentially separate Alberta's primary industry from a series of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs - in effect, putting this province on the sidelines in a pseudo-trade war.
That attempt seems very clearly to be in Alberta's best interest, because the consequences of a 25% tariff on oil products from this province would be a total disaster for the people of this province, arguably to a greater extent than those tariffs would be for other provinces simply due to who our more-or-less sole customer is.
The question of whether she is competently pursuing that aim is separate from whether the goal is appropriate, and I share every doubt and skepticism about her ability to not #### up whatever she tries to do or listen to the right people in pursuing that goal. But the goal itself? I mean, she's the premier of Alberta; she has zero constituents in Manitoba or Quebec or Newfoundland, so prioritizing the interest of the only people she has an actual duty to (again, leaving aside the question of whether she's capable of carrying out that duty correctly given her obvious personal shortcomings) does not seem like something crazy or inappropriate to me.
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