and diversify our trade too. we are too solely rely on the states in terms of trade and defence. when trump was in his first term of presidency, he had imposed tariff on china and many other countries. by them, canada should have been aware of this. there is no friendship can last forever especially in politics.
@johnyu2047 I agree. I think we need a federal plan here to build a) 10,000 MW electrical transmission line connecting all our provinces and sharing electricity east and west, b) perhaps a new 2nd transCanada railway line for shipping oil products, autos and parts, lumber, grain and meat streamlined straight to our ports c) new all Canadian oil and natural gas pipelines to our ports...including perhaps Churchill, Manitoba...
We sell our oil at a discount to them because we refuse to build pipelines to the east or west for export. They are our only customer so they dictate the price.
it's not really a discount. It's supply and demand. The demand is there but we can't get it out to the world because the liberals cancelled the main pipelines we need to get our rss to Japan and the EU. The US knows this so they basically can make there own price.
Alberta sells its oil to the U.S. and Canadians end up buying back the refined gas at a huge profit for the U.S. In Nova Scotia, the price of gas in the province is based on the price of oil in New York! There's no correlation to justify that.
The correlation is the inability to pipe Albertan crude across the nation to eastern provinces, as there is no west to east pipeline. In addition these provinces would then require the refineries themselves to take said crude and turn it into gasoline etc
Alberta thick goop oil needs additional expensive refining to make it into gasoline. Alberta oil sold to Japan,China, India , etc at a discount for the same reason . Class dismissed children
Maybe Quebec can deign to allow a pipeline from Alberta to run through its Devine borders to Atlantic Canada one day. They don’t give a shit about Canada.
Why Canada doesn't build more oil refineries ? We shouldn’t think about economically only. Think about independence Canada 🇨🇦 Stupid government Weak country God bless Canadian people 🤷🏻♀️
Because our government, be it Liberal or Conservative, are in bed with American/Canadian petroleum corporations and keep selling our resources at bargain basement prices. This has got to stop, especially now.
By 'helping' the US achieving energy and A. I. dominance, how much of that benefits from such 'dominance' you think may go to Canada ? We are not exactly treated as an ally here. Diplomacy yes we can try, but the tone can be less submissive. It actually hurts to some Canadians.
Canada is submissive. Let's be real, we'd be flattened in a few days at most if the US army moved in. We have some of the most docile and cowardly people. And I'm not even factoring in their nuclear arsenal. Our people are also in the midst of being disarmed, so the chance any sheeple here pick up arms and defend our territory like the Taliban or Vietcong is nearly zero.
It is important to remember that Canada is gradually turning, at least in terms of population, into a BRICS country with a twist. A group of people held together by the Canadian dollar. An easy choice for China and its Arctic interests. For Americans, this prospect is as attractive as Ukraine in NATO is for Russians. I have a feeling that Chinese already called dibs on it but we will see.
We are absolutely treated as an Alliy, but when we have the most pathetic military, failed to police our borders, and depend on others in NATO to pay much more, we are a sponger. We need to get off our asses and pull our weight, and the current government has no intention of doing anything but continuing to run down our military.
Canada needs to cooperate on cross country access for all its internal trade. That means Energy East Pipeline, Northern Gateway Pipeline, but as important, Canada needs to stop interprovincial trade protectionism. If we cannot seem to trade across provincial borders, how can we have a common stance on international trade?
I would hope that Canada starts selling it's natural resources , stops sending money to other countries ( if it's EVEN going there >cough< corruption , theft , warlords taking $$) lower income tax to 23% like the USA ( instead of %40 ) , no tax on overtime, no tax on basic necessities ( Food , heat, hydro , diapers ETC) low income tax for part time jobs , defund the bloated CBC and other corporate welfare. Carbon tax flushed first ! Stop the “ catch and release “ for second time offenders. They had their 1 chance and forfeited it by THEIR OWN choice of actions. Have a REAL deterrent for violent crimes ! Get rid of all " woke " joke agenda, stop pushing so called " Green " agenda; it’s NOT GREEN at all. ( Let the free markets dictate what THE PEOPLE WANT ) . Build up our military . Get rid of the Liberal drug dens. Arrest any terror-risk groups that don't align with our core Canadian values. Tighten immigration and citizenship. Deport ALL illegal immigrants. Reduce the bloated government workers. No more DEI hires ; hire for merit , not for the body you were born in. Reduce the “ Red tape “ so projects can happen in a reasonable amount of time ; to attract investors. This may not lower prices per say but one would have more purchase power ! More income to live better ! As a " never voter "myself , I will now be a" forever voter " so this doesn't ever happen again. PP4PM Did I miss anything ? :) lol
We are pulling our weight. Its not our fault his weight is heavier with 3x more people. Also the U.S deficit is not Canadas fault either. Canadas part in U.S defict is only 4% $45 billion, not $200 billion that was another lie trump told. Canada is second lowest on U.S deficit list. France is last. Canada is U.S biggest buyers of goods also 1.3 trillion in tourism dollars from Canadians and they get discounted energy. He has no viable justification for his threats
He wants us (Canada) to spend more on defence, but we aren’t the ones starting wars everywhere . They want to be the strongest and most influential country in the world- ok, then you have to pay more for that than other countries that don’t prioritize that.
@kat5778 also our military may be smaller but has the most skilled soldiers in the world. Also as history shows throughout wars when Canada faces a war it is backed with a Country of patriotic citizens that would do what it takes to help. We are also strategically smarter and we still have friends and Allies So I have Faith in our military yes they have stood strong and worked hard on humanitarian missions, built brotherhoods in arms. They fight fierce when defending their homeland. They are heros. Oh Canada WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE 🇨🇦 Stay strong❤️
@@nicolamustard7232 He actually said he doesn't care about Trudeau, which seems true unless you believe Trudeau is also Premier of China and President of Mexico, the President of Panama, the Prime Minister of Greenland and the leader of all the other countries Trump is threatening with tariffs unless the goods they sell in America are made in America... There is only one person at fault in this fiasco and it is NOT Justin Trudeau..
When my dad was dying from a stroke he was immediately put in the care of the doctor because he was a "high priority". Therefore when it's an urgent situation it won't take long in the first place. I'd rather be in pain from a broken bone and wait hours than probably do the same thing and still need to pay 10k+ later. Don't fix what is not broken.
@@ttgcommando6687 stop swallowing the kool aid…Canada is finished for sure…Trudeau seen to that when he threw everything he could to demonize Alberta!we had our pipelines shut down …it cost Alberta 100 thousand jobs…people lost their homes cars jobs and some took their lives!…then to add salt to the wound Trudeau invited Greta thurnburg to Canada and ALL OF CANADA MARCHED IN PROTEST TO ALBERTA OIL…BOY SURE DIDN’T MAKE US ALBERTANS FEEL LIKE WE WERE PART OF CANADA…BUT NOW WE ARE BEING CALLED TRAITORS AND OUR BELOVED DANIELLE IS BEING DEMONIZED BY THE REST OF CANADA AND NOW ALBERTA NO LONGER WANTS TO BE PART OF A COUNTRY THAT STEALS OUR WEALTH AND TREATS US LIKE CRAP!…when Trump comes calling expect Alberta to be there for him because no one in Canada has ever been there for us!
My son broke his leg. BROKE. Not fractured. He waited in the emergency room for 14 HOURS before even seeing a doctor. OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY BROKEN.
You're assuming triage works, and they will recognize what is a priority. There are news stories of people who died in waiting rooms, or died waiting for surgeries and screenings. Just because Canadian healthcare is better than the States, doesn't mean that it's good. Plenty of countries rank above us, so there is room for improvement and change.
@@frankgrimes2991 Would you rather sit in pain for 14 hours and take 2 Tylenol every couple of hours once in your lifetime or would you rather pay 5k dollars and wait 4 hours for basically the same thing? Our health system is bad but America's is much much worse.
@@drywallco-l5o Ok, so why are we arguing here? We are both in agreement that our healthcare sucks but Canada's healthcare is still better than America's therefore the reasoning for joining them would be futile.
I wish Danielle would stand up for Canada instead of looking out for Trump and his cronies She seems to believe that dictatorship is okay and wouldnt mind being one herself Danielle also needs to quit making decisions on her own Perhaps ask Albertans their opinions
You need to inform yourself better than this. Instead look to your leader Trudeau and his minions who have ruined this country instead of shifting blame.. You want the right change better get out there and get Pollieve in. Albertans love Danielle.
Negotiating with trump is like going eye to eye with a junkyard dog with a steak behind your back. He knows you got it,he wants it and is gonna come at you.
Danielle knows she has no actual power to do anything…. she's just playing to her base, and hoping the American Republicans will recognize that base as one of their own.
Canada just needs to find other markets and after Trump realizes he can’t make the golden years work he’ll be back. Besides it’s the US businesses that pay the tariffs he’s going to put on our exports not Canada, and if Canada slaps tariffs on what we import from the US, I for one won’t be buying anything from the US, Mexico yes.
Is it not the consumer in the US that is ultimately paying a hidden tax on goods? Just think if we can send our goods there at a cheaper price and still make money. How much is a US manufacturer making when he is selling at the price the government is trying to get the external countries companies to match? One always has to watch this as a lot of these things are not currently made in the US. If so there will be a time to build factories and ramp up production when the US government will be raking in the green backs
Several years ago an American petroleum company discovered oil in Norway's offshore region. When they wanted to do a deal with Norway, the Scandinavians said 50/50 and wouldn't budge. The American company pulled their resources and returned to the US in a huff. Within a year they were back and signed an agreement with Norway to share 50/50. Consequently, Norway in 2025 has a trust fund worth trillions. And the consequence of that is wonderful highway infrastructure, free healthcare, free education up to one degree and many other subsidies to citizens otherwise unobtainable. Canadians need to do the same. We need to stop giving away our renewable and non renewable resources just to make the deal and begin standing firm on behalf of all Canadians, not just the corporate world and it's shareholders.
Is there really a trade imbalance? The trade deficit with the U.S. is far smaller than many people think, in part because many services provided by U.S. companies are not counted. When you see ads on Google or on Meta, that is a form of export, and it does not show up on the services trade.” Another example is that some of the fee for every Uber ride goes toward the driver, but some flows back to the parent company in the U.S. The U.S. has a huge trade surplus in services that Trump just ignores.
Also don't forget that the base numbers fail to take into account the tenfold difference in population! By citizen spend even by their numbers nears six fold more on American goods than Americans on Canadian and that's without discounting oil and gas too! By that reference we have a $1.5 trillion USD deficit with them and I for one expect them to then make it up to us if they want to whining idiots.
@@DavidDDow Trump say there’s a 100 billion, or 200 billion deficit, depending on his mood. Remove oil, which provides more jobs in the US than Canada, add services and the deficit is the other way around, the US owes Canada something like 80 billion. So, like everything else Trump says, no it’s not true.
@@ronbock8291 Why do you think Canada owes the US anything? The US simply bought goods in the amount of whatever dollar value you would like to use more than Canadian have bought from them. You have to put your interpretation cap on when listening to Trump, as he doesn't know what he is talking about most of the time. Unfortunately I find he talks and talks and talks so much that I check out of the conversation midway and have to look at the playback to get what new lies he was pushing
I don't think so. The US gets oil below market value and converts it to gasoline which they sell to American consumers for a profit and sells it to back to Canada as well because we only have a few small refieries I am aware of. Not enough to be self sufficient anyway
While there is way to much pandering to big corporations one sided trade deals are rare. Almost all trade deals are fully reciprocal meaning that both nations agree to eliminate tariffs equally. Where problems tend to occur is in areas not exactly covered by the deals the restrict market access.
Danielle Smith preaching the attributes of Donald Trump is a joke. I trust Albertans will vote her out the next provincial election. For those wanting to join the USA, there are trains, planes and buses leaving every day.
I've never understood why people choose to complain vs taking action. Like you(maybe) I can't help but wonder why folks cuss each and everything about their place in life without simply changing it. Why not simply apply to move to the US............oops, they don't want anyone..... Moving them out at a frantic rate now. Each of them had an American dream...... crushed..... treated like non entities and herded onto planes etc for disposal elsewhere
@@denniscolley5290 i guess we do not feel the obligation to carry the american burden because we are canadian. our country is not responsible for other countries economics.
It seems to me that Danielle could have easily avoided looking like an appeaser by not ruling out retaliation as a response to Trump tariffs. Yes, we want to deal with the new administration as diplomatically as possible and do our best to avoid tariffs, but she needs to concede that once tariffs are imposed, continued attempts at diplomacy will be pointless in the absence of a strong and punitive counterpunch from Canada as a whole, including Alberta.
She's retaining the right to counterpunch. Signing the agreement would have removed her ability to not stop O&G exportation if that isn't the most effective response.
Canada is completely at the mercy of the US administration, thanks to the lack of infrastructure. We have no pipelines to tidewater. We have a few upgraders and refineries. minimum manufacturing. We are the architects of our own demise. Trump is a shark that smells blood in the water. Canada won't last 20 more years unless we pull our heads out of our asses and start investing in businesses willing to turn our raw materials into finished products for export to the world. And with no military and no ability to defend our sovereignty in the north irts just a matter of time before China or Russie claims northern Canada for its own. Canada's only hope is to merge with the US. It sounds shitty but we did it to ourselves.
@@ramastarchild6804 How is she smart? She folded within minutes and showed her cards, then travelled to "kiss the ring" and ended up being completely ignored.
She is a sycophant. She agrees with Trump’s false claims and wants to work with him. Does she want to work with him to annex us? There is no common ground. He wants a one sided deal. She fan-girling all over him which makes her already weak in negotiating. She doesn’t look like Ivanka either so that’s another disadvantage. She thinks she can play with the big boys and win? She is delusional. She is jeopardizing Canada’s united stance against Trump!!
And do what? We can't beat him on an economic level....how bout the military....oh yeah, we don't have one. What do you propose Danielle Smith do? Threaten to shut off oil to the US. first cars that won't start will be ours. We get most of our refined fuel from America. Canada is doomed to extinction. Thanks to liberals it's just a matter of time. America is better than China or Russia.
Well, with Smith and her actions, she is just like the convicted rapist - a traitor. Let her wave her US Flag ... IN the US. They would lay her out flat in one second!! IF she isn't going to go the route the other premiers have decided to go, she needs to step down and allow a REAL Canadian to act. Sick to death of Alberta and 'their' thoughts on 'their' oil.
Danielle, you are not doing anything new ! Our Federal Government has been telling the US relationship is important ! It's not all about you ! Pull together with our COUNTRY NOT TRUMP 'S !
Yes, cuz as a Canadian you're a welfare bum whose life depends on America but you believe butter comes from the fridge and bread materializes on the supermarket shelf and so you have no idea of howdumb you are.
Remember...She was the acting leader and betrayed the wild rose party...her party.. when she walked across the floor and joined the opposition. Her actions collapsed the party. Can we trust her?
NOPE!!!! She is as quick to strike as a snake. Pure poison and a traitor. Waving old glory isn't impressing anyone Danielle. Your snaky eyes tell the entire story. Canadians are sick to death of listening to your nonsense.
Memories of Canadian voters are REALLY short, for most. Yes, Danielle crossed the floor to kiss Prentice's ass. However, Prentice underestimated his opponent, and the anger of the voters, and got handed his arse. Danielle did her media talk show, until she smelled power again, and ended up leader of the UCP. Now, as she is spending so much time, "down south," I must wonder if, as well as kissing Blowholes ring piece, she is offering up Alberta as 51st state (if she can be acclaimed "governor.")
If we pulling our weight, we would build refineries and don't need to sell crude oil for US to make huge profit from. Bottom line is, when the business partner becomes too greedy, skip wasting time and effort to appease him. Conduct business with more rational ones. When he's done his turn, get back to do our business with our dearest ally......no surprise if an eighty, play hard getting tired at any things and all the time.
It is not a greedy partner. There are no other partners, & if there were the same problem would exist. We can not ship to other countries, as Alberta is landlocked, (if you are Canadian you should know that) Quebec will not allow any pipline to be built, thereby cutting off all of Eastern Canada from using oil from Canada, (no they ship oil in from Saudi to Quebec!) much less to the East Coast. They also will not allow oil to be shipped by tanker to the East. So to get oil to the customers in Europe etc. the only way we could do it would be to build a pipeline through the US, and that will never happen as it is in essence really handing Canada over for real, as we really don't produce much else. The problem is NOT the US they problem is us Canadians and our politics. As can seen in the comments here people know nothing about our country and are falling for Liberal talking points, oh, bad Americans, Evil Trump. That's why we a screwed.
It's quite obvious that she doesn't give a damn about Canada as a whole. I thought smith was trying to represent Alberta to the U.S., not be trump's little messenger. Stop sucking up to the wannabe dictator and start defending your own country, or step aside and let someone else do it.
all about herself and she is spending taxpayers money travelling Not a bit worried or concern about workers , Typical politicians all for themselves, If trump change his mind , she looks like a great Premier and if Trump impose tariffs she will blame the Federal......
BRICS is about making the US weak and put the dollar power in the Asian countries. trump is allied with Russia and China not to mention NK and thinks he will have a nice life with them lol
Why because she’s conservative and working for the citizens of Alberta instead of a liberal debilitating the country through drug trafficking, illegal immigration?
Tell us all who you want to lead us........do you want more taxes? More inflation? More illegal immigration with US all paying for it? More carbon tax? Weaker dollar? Haven't the simpletons had enough of that in the past 9 years or do you want another version of Trudeau running Alberta so he can close down our oil? All you wh!ners do is b!tch and moan.......so please shuthehellup.
Danielle Smith is a negotiator , unlike Ottawa's self important ,incompetant childish strategy of lobbing counter threats like reeces monkey's chucking excrement at their adversaries.
Negotiator? wow, Really? Claps for Danielle, she is useless and failed miserably. All she did was travel to Mar a Lago for a vacation and came back spewing verbal diarrhea repeating what Trump has said all along so nothing accomplished, Trump will use her to get what he wants then toss her aside. Trump hates women who hold any position of decision
You are right. Canada hasn't spent enough on the military. We can thank all of the governments, pass and present for this. Canada did have a decent military back in WW2. Unfortunately since then it has declined badly.
She is such a disappointment. Why doesn't she just resign & go live with her god, Trump cos she is clearly in love with him much more than Albertans who voted her.
A Canadian premiere fan girling Trump is not good for Canada. Danielle's "Alberta first" stance is exactly the kind of dissention that Trump is all about. She talks about Trump as though he's her president and she's not cooperating with her actual leader, the Prime Minister. "I've had a chance to go to a lot of social gatherings" (with Trump)... on Canadian tax payers dime, while promoting Alberta only interests. The rest of Canada might want to put a stop to this.
She's forgetting the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta that answers to King Charles III, has the power to remove her (the Premier of Alberta) with only consent from the King! Alberta is Canada's cash cow, and Great Britain's piggy bank.
@@SrChaliceUS corporations have much more invested in Canada than the other way around. The USA lost their first attempted trade war against Canada during trumps first term, explain how he’s going to win another 😂
@@SrChalice Of course, Canada has leverage. It's starts, though, with minding what you blather & not being a conspicuous fool. Who does she work or speak for? Not Canadians. Ridiculous.
Danielle Smith forgets that in politics, the way and the form counts a lot. The way and the form in which Trump treats Canada is very different from the one he uses with Mexico, and that's because Mexico knows its own value and acted accordingly, responding to Trump as an equal and without weakness. What did Canada do? Trudeau went to Mar-A-Lago to serve as a buffoon and Smith to lick his boots, as if they didn't know that Trump is who he is because he is an intelligent negotiator, who uses the weak and who effectively applies the "Divide and Conquer."
I'd love to understand how Alberta fails to remember that they wouldn't have access to the oil if they weren't on Canadian land. I get it, wealth brings greed but this nonsense needs to stop. She doesn't negotiate for all of us, so she shouldn't be speaking at all, we are all in this together..
As an Albertan Canadian, I would prefer that this laddy to concentrate more on how to work w/ all other Premiers and the Prime Minister in order to open economy to east and west, to start building more refinaries w/ Carbon capturing system, as we already have in Edmonton, to start building LNGs on both Canadian coasts for exporting gas to EU and Asia, etc. By the way, I am working in O&G, and I totally disagree to sell heavy oil down to US to maintain their refining industry. It happened in the past to work on both pipeline projects, Northern Gateway and the East Energy pipelines. Both are sitting now on a shelf. By this time both pipelines would be in service. Unfortunatelly we have chosen to continue to depend on Americans. Here we are now, being threaten by them.
@@hangthatflagupsidedownplea3049 Quickest short term solution is to build a west coast pipeline. Another thing is the rail lines coming out of the fraser valley are usually heavily loaded going east, but not as much going west. They could probably move a lot of oil by rail. I don't know if there would be a shortage of tanker cars but there again could be another avenue to start building them and creating good paying employment for Canadians.
Alberta/Canada need to develop more advanced refineries where the crude oil is separated into different components based on their boiling points, creating various refined cleaner petroleum products for powering vehicles, heating homes, crrsting other essential products and manufacturing various cleaner chemical products . We need more mother modern industries. Let's Make Canada Great! LMCG
@@hangthatflagupsidedownplea3049 He literally wrote some solutions in his comment. danielle's "solution" is to say "punish me more daddy" when Trump hits us with economic pain.
@@Leviathan02464No she is not, capitulation isn't good for Alberta, you do not give your adversary the ammunition to attack your country! You argue facts, right is might and nothing Trump has said has any basis in reality to the point even Americans are confused
Once again, treacherous Smith is out there publicly conceding every claim Trump makes without countering any of it. Is she premiere of Alberta, or an employee of Trump...or both? Signed, An Alberta Voter.
The Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) cost Canadians C$34 billion and the terminus port in Burnaby, BC still ships about 85% of its crude to the United States. Where are these overseas markets to diversify buyers? If you can find other buyers for TMX crude that would be helpful. We also have a major LNG project in Kitimat coming on-line. Alta Gas and Vopak are well on their way to shipping liquids. There are Coal Terminals South and North. Grain Terminals South and North. Container ports ship Alberta goods, like beef, Canola, wheat, etc. Alberta companies built the Alta Gas LPG trans-loading facility at Ridley Island, BC. Yaddah, Yaddah. There are projects all over Canada supporting the Alberta economy. We, as Canadians, buy a lot of Albertan products. I am tired of the narrative that "Canadians don't support Alberta." I am sorry you feel that way. Other provinces that also produce oil and gas did agree to provide a united front against US tariffs. We continue to support Alberta even with this rhetoric so "help us to help you".
The only reason the federal government built TMX is because they shutdown everything else and added regulations that caused even the TMX owner to back out of twinning the line. Get real. Ottawa has taken over 600 $billion more out of Alberta than it has out in over the past 50 years. That is by their own calculations. Has been reported on endlessly.
What's the PM doing for the whole Canada? He went to see Trump for a photo ops? It's federal so it's up to each province to drum up their goods. Make a deal, duh, shortsighted people are a menace
You will never please Trump Danielle. He openly stated the tariffs are simply to enrich the US. He cares not about border security, fentanyl, nato spending or anything of the sort. It’s a total shakedown.
Yeah I'm sure "Team Canada" is fully capable of convincing Trump to drop the tarrifs by not securing the boarder as you continue to prove the mans point.
Like Trump, Danielle herself is a bully and a grifter. She appropriated the formerly independent Alberta teachers pension fund into government and her minions subsequently failed to get an appropriate return on top of their fees and markups, despite the current bull market. Now she is selling Alberta and Canada out to the MAGA bully, despite polls showing only 18% of Albertans would consider joining the states.
It would be nice if Danielle Smith would carry her own weight and help her province to move away from the dicey industry of fossil fuels they have based their whole economy on for decades. Instead she's throwing the rest of the country under the bus to cozy up to the MAGA creed for fast oil money.
@@Brdstfff since we support all of the eastern province's cause of are energy sector and we make money with less people, If you didn't have us, you wouldn't have you living the life you guys do. Eastern Canada would be screwed without Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan
She's stupid if she thinks appeasing Trump is the solution, he'll just see her as a weak loser. Alberta needs a strong leader during these difficult times, not a weak one. :(
@@kciwner Ford takes a tough stand to form up bargaining chips for Canada. Look at prickly leader from other countries like Viktor Orban and Rodrigo Duterte Trump get along fine with them.
Yeah, well Canada is tired of Smith. She loves the US so much she can move there permanently and renounce her Canadian citizenship. No one in Canada is going to loose any sleep over that.
Bullies know when they are dealing with weak people. They don’t stop just because you stand up to them. That’s a myth. They stop only when a stronger adult shows up and puts them in their place.
@Tinkerstrade screw the liberals....this shit hits all of us...together we stand....divided we fail....there's a reason for that saying....Trump already said he doesn't need our oil....we sell it to them at a huge discount already....
She is against everything that isn't Albertan.Maybe she should move to the US where she can be close to her hero Trump. The rest of Canada won't miss her.@@exeter66
The problem with Canada is that we have a relatively low population (compared to the US) Our military is smaller because our population is smaller etc. Canada is rich in natural resources so of course held like us to be a state.
Military is based on each country’s GDP. Canada is nowhere near the NATO standard of 2%. Our military equipment is really really outdated.. we’re not spending enough.
Much poorer countries in NATO with much lower populations than Canada spend much more on defence and take it seriously. Canada doesn’t even spend what it already agreed to spend, not even close. Its reputation for freeloading is so high profile and blatant now that’s it’s being actively excluded from many joint defence plans and initiatives now.
Australia now have a fleet of 78 F35A in operation. but Canada yet have None although the government talking about purchasing long before the Aussie signed its purchasing contract!😂
The problem with Canada is that we let US dismantle our defense industry in the Cold War leaving us dependent on buying arms from the states. Then blindly following US camp in overseas war and sanctions which binds us in entangling alliances (to borrow from america's founding fathers). We should take a page from Viktor Orban and peel away from Washington from time to time on issues to give ourselves options.
@JohnnyTightlips2007 saying that she is an embarrassment to Canada means to be liberal? Begging the bully won't help. She needs to stand with her country rather than running on her way to speak unilaterally.
@ No, I'm saying that Trudeau and the Liberal party CAUSED this problem in the first place. What's the point of calling Smith an embarrassment when the country itself is a complete joke? Last time I checked, Albertans were being called a bunch of environmentally polluting rednecks while you happily benefited from equalization payments. We were told to go pound sand during the pandemic. We have Trudeau pushing production caps along with repeated blocked pipelines to the east by a certain province that also recieved 13 billion in the very thing they condemn. There were two major deals that Trudeau botched with both Germany and Japan which would have prevented a massive gas hike but nope. That was shut down for your activist benefit as well. Yeah, not really feeling the patriotic love in return here.
If Quebec would get out of the way and let a pipeline through it would be a game changer we know that wont happen not even if they somehow remember Alberta's been handing them billions every year in equalisation payments, money for nothing its all for free.
Its impossible to be in a trusting relationship with an idiot like trump in power. What makes it worse is all the traitors in Canada like Danielle Smith ready to bend over at a moments notice.
We need to rip up the free trade agreement like it was before and tell the orange clown who admitted he made a bad deal by saying it's not fair even though he was the one who came up with the deal. We need to deal with other countries for trade and screw the USA meaning refining our oil, selling our resources on the global stage. Orange clown is going to turn the US into a third world country in 4 years.
Canada needs to rapidly expedite the building of new east - west export infrastructure for everything we Canadians produce 🇨🇦.
and diversify our trade too. we are too solely rely on the states in terms of trade and defence. when trump was in his first term of presidency, he had imposed tariff on china and many other countries. by them, canada should have been aware of this. there is no friendship can last forever especially in politics.
@johnyu2047 I agree. I think we need a federal plan here to build a) 10,000 MW electrical transmission line connecting all our provinces and sharing electricity east and west, b) perhaps a new 2nd transCanada railway line for shipping oil products, autos and parts, lumber, grain and meat streamlined straight to our ports c) new all Canadian oil and natural gas pipelines to our ports...including perhaps Churchill, Manitoba...
Alberta needs a refinery first and foremost, especially if Canada wants to be successful on the 'Global Market' without the United States.
Already tried that to no avail .
The oil n gas companies aren't interested.
Yes, selling energy and pik to the US at a discount is REALLY not pulling our weight. WHY are we subsidising the US?
We sell our oil at a discount to them because we refuse to build pipelines to the east or west for export. They are our only customer so they dictate the price.
it's not really a discount. It's supply and demand. The demand is there but we can't get it out to the world because the liberals cancelled the main pipelines we need to get our rss to Japan and the EU. The US knows this so they basically can make there own price.
We sell it at a discount because of the sheer volume that they purchase. That's why we were able to offer a discount.
@knightyyz
@knightyyz 1:51 you know we could just ship it other places. The Saudis don't have a pipeline to America.
How many oil refineries do you have ?
Alberta sells its oil to the U.S. and Canadians end up buying back the refined gas at a huge profit for the U.S. In Nova Scotia, the price of gas in the province is based on the price of oil in New York! There's no correlation to justify that.
The correlation is the inability to pipe Albertan crude across the nation to eastern provinces, as there is no west to east pipeline. In addition these provinces would then require the refineries themselves to take said crude and turn it into gasoline etc
Alberta thick goop oil needs additional expensive refining to make it into gasoline. Alberta oil sold to Japan,China, India , etc at a discount for the same reason . Class dismissed children
@@TSUNAMICali Exactly! Are you Canadian?
@@TSUNAMICali Canada has 17 refineries ... all capable of refining Alberta crude.
Maybe Quebec can deign to allow a pipeline from Alberta to run through its Devine borders to Atlantic Canada one day. They don’t give a shit about Canada.
Why Canada doesn't build more oil refineries ? We shouldn’t think about economically only.
Think about independence Canada 🇨🇦
Stupid government
Weak country
God bless Canadian people 🤷🏻♀️
as an American I agree, but the loons you have running your country won't let you do anything to benefit Canada.
Because our government, be it Liberal or Conservative, are in bed with American/Canadian petroleum corporations and keep selling our resources at bargain basement prices. This has got to stop, especially now.
Canada has 17 refineries. Yes. Build more.
By 'helping' the US achieving energy and A. I. dominance, how much of that benefits from such 'dominance' you think may go to Canada ? We are not exactly treated as an ally here. Diplomacy yes we can try, but the tone can be less submissive. It actually hurts to some Canadians.
She is like a serf talking to her master
AI data center in "Wonder Valley" looks like good project for Canada.
Canada is submissive. Let's be real, we'd be flattened in a few days at most if the US army moved in. We have some of the most docile and cowardly people. And I'm not even factoring in their nuclear arsenal. Our people are also in the midst of being disarmed, so the chance any sheeple here pick up arms and defend our territory like the Taliban or Vietcong is nearly zero.
It is important to remember that Canada is gradually turning, at least in terms of population, into a BRICS country with a twist. A group of people held together by the Canadian dollar. An easy choice for China and its Arctic interests. For Americans, this prospect is as attractive as Ukraine in NATO is for Russians. I have a feeling that Chinese already called dibs on it but we will see.
We are absolutely treated as an Alliy, but when we have the most pathetic military, failed to police our borders, and depend on others in NATO to pay much more, we are a sponger. We need to get off our asses and pull our weight, and the current government has no intention of doing anything but continuing to run down our military.
Canada needs to cooperate on cross country access for all its internal trade. That means Energy East Pipeline, Northern Gateway Pipeline, but as important, Canada needs to stop interprovincial trade protectionism. If we cannot seem to trade across provincial borders, how can we have a common stance on international trade?
I would hope that Canada starts selling it's natural resources , stops sending money to other countries ( if it's EVEN going there >cough< corruption , theft , warlords taking $$) lower income tax to 23% like the USA ( instead of %40 ) , no tax on overtime, no tax on basic necessities ( Food , heat, hydro , diapers ETC) low income tax for part time jobs , defund the bloated CBC and other corporate welfare.
Carbon tax flushed first !
Stop the “ catch and release “ for second time offenders. They had their 1 chance and forfeited it by THEIR OWN choice of actions.
Have a REAL deterrent for violent crimes !
Get rid of all " woke " joke agenda, stop pushing so called " Green " agenda; it’s NOT GREEN at all. ( Let the free markets dictate what THE PEOPLE WANT ) . Build up our military . Get rid of the Liberal drug dens. Arrest any terror-risk groups that don't align with our core Canadian values. Tighten immigration and citizenship. Deport ALL illegal immigrants. Reduce the bloated government workers. No more DEI hires ; hire for merit , not for the body you were born in.
Reduce the “ Red tape “ so projects can happen in a reasonable amount of time ; to attract investors.
This may not lower prices per say but one would have more purchase power ! More income to live better !
As a " never voter "myself , I will now be a" forever voter " so this doesn't ever happen again.
PP4PM
Did I miss anything ? :) lol
No reason to be a country if it’s easier to trade with the states. Might as well be 51st state if we’re not going to act a unified nation.
@@lanagordon5669 We would be at least 6 or 7 states. Probably not ten.
True!!!
@lanagordon5669 - Hahaha!, you Russian bots are so easy to spot. You obviously are not a Canadian.
We are pulling our weight. Its not our fault his weight is heavier with 3x more people. Also the U.S deficit is not Canadas fault either. Canadas part in U.S defict is only 4% $45 billion, not $200 billion that was another lie trump told. Canada is second lowest on U.S deficit list. France is last. Canada is U.S biggest buyers of goods also 1.3 trillion in tourism dollars from Canadians and they get discounted energy. He has no viable justification for his threats
He wants us (Canada) to spend more on defence, but we aren’t the ones starting wars everywhere . They want to be the strongest and most influential country in the world- ok, then you have to pay more for that than other countries that don’t prioritize that.
@kat5778 also our military may be smaller but has the most skilled soldiers in the world. Also as history shows throughout wars when Canada faces a war it is backed with a Country of patriotic citizens that would do what it takes to help. We are also strategically smarter and we still have friends and Allies
So I have Faith in our military yes they have stood strong and worked hard on humanitarian missions, built brotherhoods in arms. They fight fierce when defending their homeland. They are heros. Oh Canada WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE 🇨🇦 Stay strong❤️
I think he's saying, " get Trudo out, then we can talk".
@@nicolamustard7232 He actually said he doesn't care about Trudeau, which seems true unless you believe Trudeau is also Premier of China and President of Mexico, the President of Panama, the Prime Minister of Greenland and the leader of all the other countries Trump is threatening with tariffs unless the goods they sell in America are made in America...
There is only one person at fault in this fiasco and it is NOT Justin Trudeau..
Almost 10x the population
When my dad was dying from a stroke he was immediately put in the care of the doctor because he was a "high priority". Therefore when it's an urgent situation it won't take long in the first place. I'd rather be in pain from a broken bone and wait hours than probably do the same thing and still need to pay 10k+ later. Don't fix what is not broken.
@@ttgcommando6687 stop swallowing the kool aid…Canada is finished for sure…Trudeau seen to that when he threw everything he could to demonize Alberta!we had our pipelines shut down …it cost Alberta 100 thousand jobs…people lost their homes cars jobs and some took their lives!…then to add salt to the wound Trudeau invited Greta thurnburg to Canada and ALL OF CANADA MARCHED IN PROTEST TO ALBERTA OIL…BOY SURE DIDN’T MAKE US ALBERTANS FEEL LIKE WE WERE PART OF CANADA…BUT NOW WE ARE BEING CALLED TRAITORS AND OUR BELOVED DANIELLE IS BEING DEMONIZED BY THE REST OF CANADA AND NOW ALBERTA NO LONGER WANTS TO BE PART OF A COUNTRY THAT STEALS OUR WEALTH AND TREATS US LIKE CRAP!…when Trump comes calling expect Alberta to be there for him because no one in Canada has ever been there for us!
My son broke his leg. BROKE. Not fractured. He waited in the emergency room for 14 HOURS before even seeing a doctor. OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY BROKEN.
You're assuming triage works, and they will recognize what is a priority. There are news stories of people who died in waiting rooms, or died waiting for surgeries and screenings. Just because Canadian healthcare is better than the States, doesn't mean that it's good. Plenty of countries rank above us, so there is room for improvement and change.
@@frankgrimes2991 Would you rather sit in pain for 14 hours and take 2 Tylenol every couple of hours once in your lifetime or would you rather pay 5k dollars and wait 4 hours for basically the same thing? Our health system is bad but America's is much much worse.
@@drywallco-l5o Ok, so why are we arguing here? We are both in agreement that our healthcare sucks but Canada's healthcare is still better than America's therefore the reasoning for joining them would be futile.
I wish Danielle would stand up for Canada instead of looking out for Trump and his cronies She seems to believe that dictatorship is okay and wouldnt mind being one herself Danielle also needs to quit making decisions on her own Perhaps ask Albertans their opinions
You are way off. Danielle stands up for Alberta just like any other Premier stands up for their province. That is their job.
You need to inform yourself better than this. Instead look to your leader Trudeau and his minions who have ruined this country instead of shifting blame.. You want the right change better get out there and get Pollieve in. Albertans love Danielle.
Negotiating with trump is like going eye to eye with a junkyard dog with a steak behind your back. He knows you got it,he wants it and is gonna come at you.
Only difference is that a junkyard dog has more intelligence.
So don’t even talk to him?
Danielle knows she has no actual power to do anything…. she's just playing to her base, and hoping the American Republicans will recognize that base as one of their own.
Yeah, she’s going to find out the hard way that there’s no such thing as a honorary American.
She is a disgrace to Canada
She is a traitor and should be treated as such
I wonder why she watched the inauguration from the Cdn Embassy in DC....was she uninvited or was she never invited?
Ur the disgrace @@BlaineLefebvre
Canada just needs to find other markets and after Trump realizes he can’t make the golden years work he’ll be back. Besides it’s the US businesses that pay the tariffs he’s going to put on our exports not Canada, and if Canada slaps tariffs on what we import from the US, I for one won’t be buying anything from the US, Mexico yes.
Trump won't be trading with canada. The golden years are not coming back.
Is it not the consumer in the US that is ultimately paying a hidden tax on goods? Just think if we can send our goods there at a cheaper price and still make money. How much is a US manufacturer making when he is selling at the price the government is trying to get the external countries companies to match? One always has to watch this as a lot of these things are not currently made in the US. If so there will be a time to build factories and ramp up production when the US government will be raking in the green backs
I concur
@@alicefifield2965 México is already working with the EU on new trades.
Several years ago an American petroleum company discovered oil in Norway's offshore region. When they wanted to do a deal with Norway, the Scandinavians said 50/50 and wouldn't budge. The American company pulled their resources and returned to the US in a huff. Within a year they were back and signed an agreement with Norway to share 50/50. Consequently, Norway in 2025 has a trust fund worth trillions. And the consequence of that is wonderful highway infrastructure, free healthcare, free education up to one degree and many other subsidies to citizens otherwise unobtainable.
Canadians need to do the same. We need to stop giving away our renewable and non renewable resources just to make the deal and begin standing firm on behalf of all Canadians, not just the corporate world and it's shareholders.
Does not matter what we do he wants our country Canada First she needs to stop kissing his ring
Are you sure she is kissing the ring and not the tiny mushroom??
His Ring … or
@@cinmanmoo That's below the belt!
@@stephenrioux6821 exactly where she's was getting to..lol
She's kissing the ring....but not the one on his finger, the one behind his tiny mushroom.😮😢😅😊
Did she just go to Maralago to pick up the script ?
Complete sellout.
She is so willing to bend over and kiss his...ring?
Is there really a trade imbalance?
The trade deficit with the U.S. is far smaller than many people think, in part because many services provided by U.S. companies are not counted.
When you see ads on Google or on Meta, that is a form of export, and it does not show up on the services trade.”
Another example is that some of the fee for every Uber ride goes toward the driver, but some flows back to the parent company in the U.S.
The U.S. has a huge trade surplus in services that Trump just ignores.
Also don't forget that the base numbers fail to take into account the tenfold difference in population! By citizen spend even by their numbers nears six fold more on American goods than Americans on Canadian and that's without discounting oil and gas too! By that reference we have a $1.5 trillion USD deficit with them and I for one expect them to then make it up to us if they want to whining idiots.
@@DavidDDow Trump say there’s a 100 billion, or 200 billion deficit, depending on his mood. Remove oil, which provides more jobs in the US than Canada, add services and the deficit is the other way around, the US owes Canada something like 80 billion. So, like everything else Trump says, no it’s not true.
@@ronbock8291 Why do you think Canada owes the US anything? The US simply bought goods in the amount of whatever dollar value you would like to use more than Canadian have bought from them. You have to put your interpretation cap on when listening to Trump, as he doesn't know what he is talking about most of the time. Unfortunately I find he talks and talks and talks so much that I check out of the conversation midway and have to look at the playback to get what new lies he was pushing
I don't think so. The US gets oil below market value and converts it to gasoline which they sell to American consumers for a profit and sells it to back to Canada as well because we only have a few small refieries I am aware of. Not enough to be self sufficient anyway
Ignores or doesn't comprehend? He's totally ignorant & doesn't even know it.
We need to stand together against this new threat from the south. You cannot negotiate, please, or make nice with Donald Trump.
Exactly.
She wants to collude not work together
Are u joke U.S is not Canada's friend buddy don't u see the threads 51 st
😂 what
Any ideas where Canada can sell its resources? Without trades, Canada is cooked.
THE WORLD is tired of weak leaders focusing on pandering to big coporations and making one sided trade deals.
Then you truly must hate this corrupt POS Danielle Smith!
While there is way to much pandering to big corporations one sided trade deals are rare. Almost all trade deals are fully reciprocal meaning that both nations agree to eliminate tariffs equally. Where problems tend to occur is in areas not exactly covered by the deals the restrict market access.
Meta, IG, Open AI, Amazon, Apple, Tesla. All standing right there second row.
@@systemschef Much more to the big tech than meets the eye. AI is very dangerous UNLESS it is regulated properly.
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Someone should tell her she is NOT doing good to Alberta.
Looking forward to what she will do for us Albertans. She is in the vein of Lougheed
Seriously? Look what the socialist NDP did to Alberta. You must be a liberal
The states can pay more for our stuff
Danielle Smith preaching the attributes of Donald Trump is a joke. I trust Albertans will vote her out the next provincial election. For those wanting to join the USA, there are trains, planes and buses leaving every day.
Albertana? Montaberta?
I've never understood why people choose to complain vs taking action. Like you(maybe) I can't help but wonder why folks cuss each and everything about their place in life without simply changing it. Why not simply apply to move to the US............oops, they don't want anyone..... Moving them out at a frantic rate now. Each of them had an American dream...... crushed..... treated like non entities and herded onto planes etc for disposal elsewhere
AlnerDUHs will vote Conservative if they were being led by Atilla the Hun! Half a century of Con rule haas taught them nothing!
When you bent over a piece of your brain fell out and was eaten by Squirrels.
@@denniscolley5290 i guess we do not feel the obligation to carry the american burden because we are canadian. our country is not responsible for other countries economics.
It seems to me that Danielle could have easily avoided looking like an appeaser by not ruling out retaliation as a response to Trump tariffs. Yes, we want to deal with the new administration as diplomatically as possible and do our best to avoid tariffs, but she needs to concede that once tariffs are imposed, continued attempts at diplomacy will be pointless in the absence of a strong and punitive counterpunch from Canada as a whole, including Alberta.
She's retaining the right to counterpunch.
Signing the agreement would have removed her ability to not stop O&G exportation if that isn't the most effective response.
Canada is completely at the mercy of the US administration, thanks to the lack of infrastructure. We have no pipelines to tidewater. We have a few upgraders and refineries. minimum manufacturing. We are the architects of our own demise. Trump is a shark that smells blood in the water. Canada won't last 20 more years unless we pull our heads out of our asses and start investing in businesses willing to turn our raw materials into finished products for export to the world. And with no military and no ability to defend our sovereignty in the north irts just a matter of time before China or Russie claims northern Canada for its own. Canada's only hope is to merge with the US. It sounds shitty but we did it to ourselves.
She is smart. The only current leader, I respect (I'm American). Justin screwed the pooch!
@@ramastarchild6804 How is she smart? She folded within minutes and showed her cards, then travelled to "kiss the ring" and ended up being completely ignored.
@@ramastarchild6804 You can either go back to the US or if you are there already, worry about your own shit-hole country and leave ours alone.
Danielle Smith allows herself to be easily manipulated by Trump.
12dummies
She is naive to talk with Trump i that she is smart she doesn’t know nothing.
Best Premier
@@theowoytowich9959 🤣🤣Best premier for making an absolute fool of herself!!!! 🤣🤣
@@weistired So sad to see that you do not care for Alberta and its people.
Canadians are also tired of her kissing the ring!
She should go live in the states she has the same racist views as .him .
Oh now Canada is racist…..hahahaa. You must be an immigrant from the east
There is no "common ground" with Trump. Wake up.
Exactly … Watch him betray 🇺🇦
She is a sycophant. She agrees with Trump’s false claims and wants to work with him. Does she want to work with him to annex us? There is no common ground. He wants a one sided deal. She fan-girling all over him which makes her already weak in negotiating. She doesn’t look like Ivanka either so that’s another disadvantage. She thinks she can play with the big boys and win? She is delusional. She is jeopardizing Canada’s united stance against Trump!!
That is a really crappy hat, it must be an asshat.
And do what? We can't beat him on an economic level....how bout the military....oh yeah, we don't have one. What do you propose Danielle Smith do? Threaten to shut off oil to the US. first cars that won't start will be ours. We get most of our refined fuel from America. Canada is doomed to extinction. Thanks to liberals it's just a matter of time. America is better than China or Russia.
Well, with Smith and her actions, she is just like the convicted rapist - a traitor. Let her wave her US Flag ... IN the US. They would lay her out flat in one second!! IF she isn't going to go the route the other premiers have decided to go, she needs to step down and allow a REAL Canadian to act. Sick to death of Alberta and 'their' thoughts on 'their' oil.
Danielle, you are not doing anything new ! Our Federal Government has been telling the US relationship is important ! It's not all about you ! Pull together with our COUNTRY NOT TRUMP 'S !
As a Canadian I couldn't care less what Trump thinks.
Canadians tolerate anything stand for absolutely f-cking nothing.
Yes, cuz as a Canadian you're a welfare bum whose life depends on America but you believe butter comes from the fridge and bread materializes on the supermarket shelf and so you have no idea of howdumb you are.
You might start to care when your groceries go up 40% and 15% of the population including yourself are unemployed...
@@SuperStrik9 as a Canadian I do !!
Hell! You'd better, since our well-being depends largely on him.
Remember...She was the acting leader and betrayed the wild rose party...her party.. when she walked across the floor and joined the opposition. Her actions collapsed the party. Can we trust her?
NOPE!!!! She is as quick to strike as a snake. Pure poison and a traitor. Waving old glory isn't impressing anyone Danielle. Your snaky eyes tell the entire story. Canadians are sick to death of listening to your nonsense.
Memories of Canadian voters are REALLY short, for most. Yes, Danielle crossed the floor to kiss Prentice's ass. However, Prentice underestimated his opponent, and the anger of the voters, and got handed his arse. Danielle did her media talk show, until she smelled power again, and ended up leader of the UCP. Now, as she is spending so much time, "down south," I must wonder if, as well as kissing Blowholes ring piece, she is offering up Alberta as 51st state (if she can be acclaimed "governor.")
If we pulling our weight, we would build refineries and don't need to sell crude oil for US to make huge profit from.
Bottom line is, when the business partner becomes too greedy, skip wasting time and effort to appease him. Conduct business with more rational ones. When he's done his turn, get back to do our business with our dearest ally......no surprise if an eighty, play hard getting tired at any things and all the time.
It is not a greedy partner. There are no other partners, & if there were the same problem would exist. We can not ship to other countries, as Alberta is landlocked, (if you are Canadian you should know that) Quebec will not allow any pipline to be built, thereby cutting off all of Eastern Canada from using oil from Canada, (no they ship oil in from Saudi to Quebec!) much less to the East Coast. They also will not allow oil to be shipped by tanker to the East. So to get oil to the customers in Europe etc. the only way we could do it would be to build a pipeline through the US, and that will never happen as it is in essence really handing Canada over for real, as we really don't produce much else. The problem is NOT the US they problem is us Canadians and our politics. As can seen in the comments here people know nothing about our country and are falling for Liberal talking points, oh, bad Americans, Evil Trump.
That's why we a screwed.
It's quite obvious that she doesn't give a damn about Canada as a whole. I thought smith was trying to represent Alberta to the U.S., not be trump's little messenger. Stop sucking up to the wannabe dictator and start defending your own country, or step aside and let someone else do it.
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She is another oligarch in trumps back pocket and bedroom not to mention O'Learys puppet
Tired of us not pulling our weight? Spoken like an American who thinks we are also American.
I don’t think they would make that mistake !!
Canada is in North American, so Canadians are americans just not US americans
@@Littleweasel01 Canadians are North Americans. Americans are North Americans. America isn't a continent.
all about herself and she is spending taxpayers money travelling Not a bit worried or concern about workers , Typical politicians all for themselves, If trump change his mind , she looks like a great Premier and if Trump impose tariffs she will blame the Federal......
We need to trade with Europe and Asia. Personally BRICS would be the way to go!!
BRICS is about making the US weak and put the dollar power in the Asian countries. trump is allied with Russia and China not to mention NK and thinks he will have a nice life with them lol
Someone needs to tell the Premier of Alberta that Trump is not the President of Canada.
Trump is in the most powerful political position in the world. His demands regarding the border are reasonable. Obviously the US demands will be met.
Trump is the best president canaduh ever had.
He thinks he is God.
@@DEKKD He can't even control his south border
@@KeVB-q1k he wants to date his daughter. Guy doesn’t know where his kfc comes from
I am tired of looking at her face.
Love hurts
Good then go watch something else go watch Justin I’m tired of seeing his face and soon it will be a nightmare that finally ends.
@@langgp I don't want to look at any politician. They all make me sick.
Did she miss Trump's speech at the WEF where he told the world that he doesn't need Canada's oil? Get your blinders off Smith! Gosh!
Citizen….USA gets their oil from Alberta then refines it….
I’ve got a better headline “Alberta Premier Smith moves to the U.S.”
Get out, you’re a better match for America.
Why because she’s conservative and working for the citizens of Alberta instead of a liberal debilitating the country through drug trafficking, illegal immigration?
"Common ground with the US" - wow, is she ever deluded.
NOT ONE CLUE. Just stop. You look ridiculous. Grovelling to the likes of the convicted felon is so cringe!!!
Oh Danielle dear.....How 'bout saying something strong and positive about Canada instead of being just another Trump mouthpiece for a change.
Lol, nice try SOROSBOT. I vote for DANIELLE SMITH for PM, after POILIEVRE, of course.
@@exeter66You mean Trump Junior.😅😅😅😅😅
Bet she stopped off in Maralago so that she could get us to pay for her holiday travels.
so she got blow trump
Tell us all who you want to lead us........do you want more taxes? More inflation? More illegal immigration with US all paying for it? More carbon tax? Weaker dollar? Haven't the simpletons had enough of that in the past 9 years or do you want another version of Trudeau running Alberta so he can close down our oil? All you wh!ners do is b!tch and moan.......so please shuthehellup.
She did indeed. She has a massive she-woodie for the mango messiah and president Musk.
Smith needs to support her country , not bend a knee to the felon! The oil belongs to Canada not Alberta
Bullocks🐂💩
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Danielle Smith is a negotiator , unlike Ottawa's self important ,incompetant childish strategy of lobbing counter threats like reeces monkey's chucking excrement at their adversaries.
Negotiator? wow, Really? Claps for Danielle, she is useless and failed miserably. All she did was travel to Mar a Lago for a vacation and came back spewing verbal diarrhea repeating what Trump has said all along so nothing accomplished, Trump will use her to get what he wants then toss her aside. Trump hates women who hold any position of decision
Danielle, Alberta is tired of you. So I guess that’s going around.
And Canada is tired of Danial Smith!
Every Canadian will agree, we havnt spent enough on our military since the 1950s
I'm a Canadian who disagrees. Let's spend more and then complain about the tax bump.
I do not agree…. This Canadian calls it like it is…..for the 🇺🇸 this is their game not ours….we should not be stupid enough to play it
oh yes, we spent a lot of money in over price junk.
We shouldnt have any enemies. Canada put nose in other businesses just because of US.
You are right. Canada hasn't spent enough on the military. We can thank all of the governments, pass and present for this. Canada did have a decent military back in WW2. Unfortunately since then it has declined badly.
Smith could just move to the Divided States.
Hi fed.
She is such a disappointment. Why doesn't she just resign & go live with her god, Trump cos she is clearly in love with him much more than Albertans who voted her.
Danielle Smith: Canada's Neville Chamberlain.
Ms Smith time to resign
A Canadian premiere fan girling Trump is not good for Canada. Danielle's "Alberta first" stance is exactly the kind of dissention that Trump is all about. She talks about Trump as though he's her president and she's not cooperating with her actual leader, the Prime Minister. "I've had a chance to go to a lot of social gatherings" (with Trump)... on Canadian tax payers dime, while promoting Alberta only interests. The rest of Canada might want to put a stop to this.
She's done nothing for AlberDUHns!
She's forgetting the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta that answers to King Charles III, has the power to remove her (the Premier of Alberta) with only consent from the King! Alberta is Canada's cash cow, and Great Britain's piggy bank.
Unlike you, Danielle knows that Canada has NO LEVERAGE! She didn't create any of this.
@@SrChaliceUS corporations have much more invested in Canada than the other way around. The USA lost their first attempted trade war against Canada during trumps first term, explain how he’s going to win another 😂
@@SrChalice Of course, Canada has leverage. It's starts, though, with minding what you blather & not being a conspicuous fool.
Who does she work or speak for? Not Canadians. Ridiculous.
A vote of “NO CONFIDENCE “ on Smith.
Danielle Smith forgets that in politics, the way and the form counts a lot. The way and the form in which Trump treats Canada is very different from the one he uses with Mexico, and that's because Mexico knows its own value and acted accordingly, responding to Trump as an equal and without weakness. What did Canada do? Trudeau went to Mar-A-Lago to serve as a buffoon and Smith to lick his boots, as if they didn't know that Trump is who he is because he is an intelligent negotiator, who uses the weak and who effectively applies the "Divide and Conquer."
FORGOT? She probably didn't know there was such a thing. !
Intelligence and trump? An oxymoron.
This woman is on team trump.
I'd love to understand how Alberta fails to remember that they wouldn't have access to the oil if they weren't on Canadian land. I get it, wealth brings greed but this nonsense needs to stop. She doesn't negotiate for all of us, so she shouldn't be speaking at all, we are all in this together..
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Renegade negotiator. Sucking up to a gangster that couldn't care less about her. She never was a team player.
And we people from Alberta are sick and tired of Demon Smith aproach to Trumpism .
She's like an American who believes everything Trump said is true!😂😂😂
justin.....is that you ?
She should just move to the US already.
@@juanvaldez4575 Elon, is that you?
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She's a traitor and we hate her
I think she should resign. If she ran Canada we would be fighting for our Democracy. Just a traitor.
You’re delusional. The traitor is in Ottawa. Owned by the Chinese communists, radical Islam and Sikh separatists
@@toddsalerno1499 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As an Albertan Canadian, I would prefer that this laddy to concentrate more on how to work w/ all other Premiers and the Prime Minister in order to open economy to east and west, to start building more refinaries w/ Carbon capturing system, as we already have in Edmonton, to start building LNGs on both Canadian coasts for exporting gas to EU and Asia, etc. By the way, I am working in O&G, and I totally disagree to sell heavy oil down to US to maintain their refining industry. It happened in the past to work on both pipeline projects, Northern Gateway and the East Energy pipelines. Both are sitting now on a shelf. By this time both pipelines would be in service. Unfortunatelly we have chosen to continue to depend on Americans. Here we are now, being threaten by them.
SO what is your solution sir??
@@hangthatflagupsidedownplea3049 Quickest short term solution is to build a west coast pipeline. Another thing is the rail lines coming out of the fraser valley are usually heavily loaded going east, but not as much going west. They could probably move a lot of oil by rail. I don't know if there would be a shortage of tanker cars but there again could be another avenue to start building them and creating good paying employment for Canadians.
All of this has to happen now. 1000%. Canadians have now seen the threat of not doing so.
Alberta/Canada need to develop more advanced refineries where the crude oil is separated into different components based on their boiling points, creating various refined cleaner petroleum products for powering vehicles, heating homes, crrsting other essential products and manufacturing various cleaner chemical products . We need more mother modern industries. Let's Make Canada Great! LMCG
@@hangthatflagupsidedownplea3049 He literally wrote some solutions in his comment. danielle's "solution" is to say "punish me more daddy" when Trump hits us with economic pain.
5:47 She realizes that BNN Bloomberg is Canadian right?
Nope
Get rid of this person. If she loves the US so much, go there.
US is a trade partner….did you know this?
She can take O'Leary with her!
Give her a one-way ticket to Mar-a-lago.
Yes, enjoy the sun & hurricanes!
I’ll buy her ticket!
@@VictoriaGirlBC Even including the charge for carry-on luggage?
@@jaygatz4335 absolutely 👍🏻
We already bought her one, it didn't work
What the hell is wrong with Danielle Smith? Is she on Trumps team or the Albertans? She’s so selfish
She is doing what's best for Alberta as usual. open your eyes
She is a Traitor Justifying an advasaries attack on her own people
@@Leviathan02464No she is not, capitulation isn't good for Alberta, you do not give your adversary the ammunition to attack your country! You argue facts, right is might and nothing Trump has said has any basis in reality to the point even Americans are confused
@@Migmaw When you bent over a piece of your brain fell out and was eaten by Squirrels.
From Alberta here. She's mini-Trump. I can't stand her.
I'm tired of Smith's hatred for Canada
What???? 😆
You sound like a indoctrinated liberal.
Alberta is tired of being Canada's meal ticket and whipping boy 😮
She’s a Canadian traitor.
Once again, treacherous Smith is out there publicly conceding every claim Trump makes without countering any of it. Is she premiere of Alberta, or an employee of Trump...or both?
Signed,
An Alberta Voter.
I'm an ONTARIAN and I might consider moving to ALBERTA. I hope DANIELLE SMITH SECEDES the Province from loser Canada.
@@exeter66 Just go to the States...what are you waiting for?
@ easier green card via ALBERTA secession
@@exeter66 Too bad for you it will never happen.
What should she Trudeau obstructs oil and gas development
Who was it that appointed Danielle Smith as the Trade Ambassador for Canada?
Well she thinks she’s a governor, so maybe she thinks she’s the trade ambassador also
@wandam3295 🤭
We have no government, so job is open…
The Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) cost Canadians C$34 billion and the terminus port in Burnaby, BC still ships about 85% of its crude to the United States. Where are these overseas markets to diversify buyers? If you can find other buyers for TMX crude that would be helpful.
We also have a major LNG project in Kitimat coming on-line. Alta Gas and Vopak are well on their way to shipping liquids. There are Coal Terminals South and North. Grain Terminals South and North. Container ports ship Alberta goods, like beef, Canola, wheat, etc. Alberta companies built the Alta Gas LPG trans-loading facility at Ridley Island, BC. Yaddah, Yaddah.
There are projects all over Canada supporting the Alberta economy. We, as Canadians, buy a lot of Albertan products. I am tired of the narrative that "Canadians don't support Alberta." I am sorry you feel that way. Other provinces that also produce oil and gas did agree to provide a united front against US tariffs. We continue to support Alberta even with this rhetoric so "help us to help you".
The only reason the federal government built TMX is because they shutdown everything else and added regulations that caused even the TMX owner to back out of twinning the line. Get real. Ottawa has taken over 600 $billion more out of Alberta than it has out in over the past 50 years. That is by their own calculations. Has been reported on endlessly.
Thank-you.
Are they even looking? If shipping those kinds of volumes, why would they? Sounds like a door opening while another is closing.
Smith isn`t for Canada, she went to kiss the ring, make a deal for herself and some Rich people in Alberta.
Exactly. By doing so she backstabbed everyone else in Canada
Did you just find out who she really is?? I am an Albertan, she is the worst woman here , she can move with the felon .
What's the PM doing for the whole Canada? He went to see Trump for a photo ops? It's federal so it's up to each province to drum up their goods. Make a deal, duh, shortsighted people are a menace
@@modestacattaruzza7400 Please God tell me, why in the F..K..G world did Alberta vote her in?
Cry me a river libby.
She is just a traitor
Smith is a Traitor. She's already tilted her hand early in the game. Alberta has no more cards to play.
She will regret her stupidity one day
You will never please Trump Danielle. He openly stated the tariffs are simply to enrich the US. He cares not about border security, fentanyl, nato spending or anything of the sort. It’s a total shakedown.
What a ridiculous comment and you know nothing about it............we clean up the border, no tariffs. Stop watching f@ke news.
Yeah I'm sure "Team Canada" is fully capable of convincing Trump to drop the tarrifs by not securing the boarder as you continue to prove the mans point.
Like Trump, Danielle herself is a bully and a grifter. She appropriated the formerly independent Alberta teachers pension fund into government and her minions subsequently failed to get an appropriate return on top of their fees and markups, despite the current bull market. Now she is selling Alberta and Canada out to the MAGA bully, despite polls showing only 18% of Albertans would consider joining the states.
So you think you know Donald Trump, what has Trudeau done to our country
Cry me a liver.
Albertans tires of Danielle
Hi fed.
Just indoctrinated liberals.
na na na hey hey hey good buy smith
It would be nice if Danielle Smith would carry her own weight and help her province to move away from the dicey industry of fossil fuels they have based their whole economy on for decades. Instead she's throwing the rest of the country under the bus to cozy up to the MAGA creed for fast oil money.
Its funny nobody is complaining about the $ Billions the oil industry provides to the governments across Canada.
unpatriotic
So stupid comment. Hahaha. Joly and the rest of the Trudeaus do the same. The difference of course is that Danielle is intelligent
Smith says Canada first ...instantly throws Canada under the bus !
Canada deserves it.
Alberta does not.
@@Brdstfffare you a communist?
I don’t think the rest of Canada’s provinces realize how beneficial trade wise and financially Alberta is. There’s a reason we see others moving here.
@@Brdstfff since we support all of the eastern province's cause of are energy sector and we make money with less people, If you didn't have us, you wouldn't have you living the life you guys do. Eastern Canada would be screwed without Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan
She a liar and a narcissist just like the toddler.
Find someone who loves you as much as Danielle Smith loves Donald Trump
No. Canada is tired of Daniel Smith not pulling her weight. Trump has enough ah ring kissers in the US, he doesn't.need anymore in Canada.
Alberta is tired of getting screwed by Canada.
Who in Canada is currently pulling their weight. NO ONE, so why pick on Daniel Smith.
just tired of you Prime Minister Smith is awesome
@@bradpeterson4277 She doesn't get what is happening. She needs to wise up.
She's stupid if she thinks appeasing Trump is the solution, he'll just see her as a weak loser. Alberta needs a strong leader during these difficult times, not a weak one. :(
You’re perfect for Ford or Justin’s government. Have you applied?
VOTE HER OUT - or deport her to the states where she can be happy and "free"
Pierre should be the premier of Alberta not Danielle 😂
Derp...
@@kciwner Ford takes a tough stand to form up bargaining chips for Canada. Look at prickly leader from other countries like Viktor Orban and
Rodrigo Duterte Trump get along fine with them.
She stood out like the sore thumb she is. She has destroyed Alberta's economy.
Not to mention credibility.
@Majik12 yeah she's taking Alberta down with her.
Dimwit Lori….. it’s Trudeaus who has ruined our country
Yeah, well Canada is tired of Smith. She loves the US so much she can move there permanently and renounce her Canadian citizenship. No one in Canada is going to loose any sleep over that.
100%
She should have here citizenship revoked- she is a traitor and
Gosh you all are so jealous of her smarts. All she is doing is protecting our interests
You’re welcomed to leave Canada. I hear there’s lots of room in Argentina, Columbia, Cuba.
Everyone loves Smith. Other provinces want her. I’m sure she’s trying to figure out what’s best. That’s her job. So far so good
Yeah but the problem is the conservative won't bolster the defense budget !
Smith should grow a spine. Or move south.
Her only strategy was folding and begging for a mercy.
Isn't she the one who had Tucker Carlson conspiracy theories 🤔 from America a huge Maga for Trump ,meeting 😮in Alberta
Yup- 🍕💩
She is awesome!
Why is a Provincial Premiere having private chats with a foreign leader who has expressed hostility towards our country?
Because shes a traitor to Canada
She is an O'Leary and Trump puppet and should be removed from Alberta as a premier
A Bully Only Understands Strength - Not the Weakness you are offering Debbie
Bullies know when they are dealing with weak people. They don’t stop just because you stand up to them. That’s a myth. They stop only when a stronger adult shows up and puts them in their place.
This isn't an afterschool special
Who is offering Debbie weakness?
A bully is only a bully to the weak and woke. Canada is weak and divided without any help from trump.
@@joemayo1589 If you don't negotiate from strength, you already lost. Begging for mercy is not going to work with this administration.
Hey Smith how about taking care for your own provinces problems and if you want to be a American go live there we are staying as Canada
Another brain dead lib.
Hi fed.
Who's side is she on anyway....she's being a divisive mouthpiece for Trump....
Unbelievable !! With attitudes like yours we will end up with another liberal government
@@Tinkerstrade whoever stands up to trump ill take
@Tinkerstrade screw the liberals....this shit hits all of us...together we stand....divided we fail....there's a reason for that saying....Trump already said he doesn't need our oil....we sell it to them at a huge discount already....
She’s a traitor. What a disgrace.
lol, if she's against TURDo THE TRAITOR, she is NOT a TRAITOR!!
She is against everything that isn't Albertan.Maybe she should move to the US where she can be close to her hero Trump. The rest of Canada won't miss her.@@exeter66
Take your province and go Danielle. You're a Canadian in name only.
Honestly if we didn’t have to support you have-not provinces of Canada…….hmmmm not a bad idea
Some Canadians are tired of Danielle Smith complaining about Canada.
I would say the majority of Canadians are tired
Smith is a jack-ass.
The problem with Canada is that we have a relatively low population (compared to the US) Our military is smaller because our population is smaller etc. Canada is rich in natural resources so of course held like us to be a state.
Military is based on each country’s GDP. Canada is nowhere near the NATO standard of 2%. Our military equipment is really really outdated.. we’re not spending enough.
Much poorer countries in NATO with much lower populations than Canada spend much more on defence and take it seriously.
Canada doesn’t even spend what it already agreed to spend, not even close.
Its reputation for freeloading is so high profile and blatant now that’s it’s being actively excluded from many joint defence plans and initiatives now.
Australia now have a fleet of 78 F35A in operation. but Canada yet have None although the government talking about purchasing long before the Aussie signed its purchasing contract!😂
The problem with Canada is that we let US dismantle our defense industry in the Cold War leaving us dependent on buying arms from the states. Then blindly following US camp in overseas war and sanctions which binds us in entangling alliances (to borrow from america's founding fathers). We should take a page from Viktor Orban and peel away from Washington from time to time on issues to give ourselves options.
Strength in number against Russia and china
Canada is tired of politicians who are in it for themselves. Danielle you are a sellout waiting to happen
💯 agree
You say that like Trudeau has ever been for anybody.
Do you Liberals ever get tired of being hypocrites?
@JohnnyTightlips2007 saying that she is an embarrassment to Canada means to be liberal? Begging the bully won't help. She needs to stand with her country rather than running on her way to speak unilaterally.
@@clevbo5527she is just like him , I never could stand this woman, and her true colors are out. Damn her.
@ No, I'm saying that Trudeau and the Liberal party CAUSED this problem in the first place. What's the point of calling Smith an embarrassment when the country itself is a complete joke?
Last time I checked, Albertans were being called a bunch of environmentally polluting rednecks while you happily benefited from equalization payments.
We were told to go pound sand during the pandemic.
We have Trudeau pushing production caps along with repeated blocked pipelines to the east by a certain province that also recieved 13 billion in the very thing they condemn.
There were two major deals that Trudeau botched with both Germany and Japan which would have prevented a massive gas hike but nope. That was shut down for your activist benefit as well.
Yeah, not really feeling the patriotic love in return here.
If Quebec would get out of the way and let a pipeline through it would be a game changer we know that wont happen not even if they somehow remember Alberta's been handing them billions every year in equalisation payments, money for nothing its all for free.
Albertans need to Unhire her
Expand the West Coast port facilities and trade more with Japan, NZ, Australia
your goobement won't let you
Alberta premier is a traitor
Hi fed.
Agreed …
She sure is no question.
She is an employee of ALBERTA. Not Canada. She is looking after our interests hard. That is not the definition of a traitor. OMG.
Finding common ground with Trump is like finding common ground with a hybrid version of Charles Manson, Alex Jones, and Al Capone.
Its impossible to be in a trusting relationship with an idiot like trump in power. What makes it worse is all the traitors in Canada like Danielle Smith ready to bend over at a moments notice.
Alberta has no desire to escalate. North American energy independence and prosperity is in the interest of the both countries.
We need to rip up the free trade agreement like it was before and tell the orange clown who admitted he made a bad deal by saying it's not fair even though he was the one who came up with the deal. We need to deal with other countries for trade and screw the USA meaning refining our oil, selling our resources on the global stage. Orange clown is going to turn the US into a third world country in 4 years.
Smith! How about you defend your country and province's sovereignty instead of being an apologist/mouthpiece for Trump's propaganda.