Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has complicated ongoing negotiations with the U.S. after newly inaugurated President Donald Trump set a date to impose tariffs against Canada. Smith told reporters at a Tuesday morning news conference the focus should be on diplomacy and ending talks about retaliatory tariffs.

Trudeau and 12 of Canada’s 13 premiers agreed to form a united front and pledge that “everything” is on the table in a potential tariff war with Donald Trump.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday singled out Alberta Premier Danielle Smith as being the only provincial leader to act against Canada’s national interest, after she refused to sign a statement supporting the country’s approach to incoming U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs.

Canada's premiers are meeting virtually with the prime minister today to talk about Donald Trump's early moves as president.

Just a few weeks ago Trudeau claimed it was an affront to all women that Americans failed to elect Kamala Harris over Trump, to which Smith said. “We have a prime minister who keeps on poking his finger in the eye of the current administration and has damaged that relationship.”

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to the press for 45 minutes Tuesday morning. It was after 41 of those minutes when you hear the emotion in her voice while answering a question from your scribbler.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been under fire for apparently betraying Team Canada when it comes to the threatened tariffs from President Donald Trump. But despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stoking Canada-Alberta divisions,

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is slamming Alberta’s refusal to sign a joint statement on the plan to respond to Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying Premier Danielle Smith is not putting Canadians first.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she met with President-elect Trump and members of his transition team at Mar-a-Lago and discussed a U.S.-Canadian energy relationship.

Speaking virtually to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump also said he will press NATO members to increase their defence spending target to five per cent of GDP.

She has turned her back on Canada at a moment of grave crisis, showing her true colours in the process.” writes an eastern-based apologist of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Really? Diplomacy seems like a good place to start when you’re negotiating with a 900-pound gorilla.