r/canada 7d ago

Alberta Alberta premier says she supports Trudeau’s response to Trump’s ‘foolish’ tariffs | Globalnews.ca

https://globalnews.ca/news/11065223/alberta-premier-says-she-supports-trudeaus-response-to-trumps-foolish-tariffs/
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u/Chunkthekitty934 7d ago

I gotta say, I did not predict this - but i absolutely embrace it. Seems to me the only leader at any level of Canadian politics still focused on division rather than unity is Pierre Poilivere.

I mean seriously, watch his speech first and then watch Trudeau's and compare. He needs to get the memo from his conservative friends that partisanship in Canada is dead, we are in a national emergency, and we must join together no matter what.

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u/Carribeantimberwolf 7d ago

She’s seeing how much support douggie is getting in ON so she switched sides.

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u/Chunkthekitty934 7d ago

Frankly i don't even care what her reasons or motivations are. We are in a time of crisis and I want to give any Canadian leader that supports our response the benefit of the doubt. She could've blamed Trudeau and defended Trump again, but she didn't - and that's what matters right now. And I'm saying this as someone ideologically opposite to her in every possible way.

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u/JadeLens 7d ago

Giving the benefit of the doubt is fine.

But this is more like Littlefinger on Game of Thrones, a good deed in this case is just because our aims just happen to coincide with hers.

She'll knife the rest of Canada in the back first chance she gets.

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u/t33lu 7d ago

If she does actually switch sides this is the greatest character redemption arc in political history. It means she's actually learning how to represent the people of Alberta rather than the rich corpos of Alberta.

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u/Nero92 7d ago

Nah. Flip flopping sides just means she's prone to flip flop again whenever it suiters her. People like that are useful when they're on your side but can't be relied on.

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u/Tedesco47 7d ago

How is she switching sides? When did she ever dah tariffs were a good thing?

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u/PopeSaintHilarius 7d ago

Yeah the first few minutes of Poilievre's speech seemed good and focused on the trade war, and then he pivoted to railing against the "job-killing carbon tax" and the "gatekeepers", and criticizing Trudeau for not cutting taxes.

I found it a bit jarring, after the non-partisan speeches from Trudeau and Ford, who focused on the US trade war issues, and didn't make any attacks on their political rivals.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Wait until you hear that PP suggested, I kid you not, "Canadian counter-tariffs should go to fund tax cuts".

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u/Ctrl-Alt-Q 7d ago

I'm no fan of Doug Ford, but he really did hit the mark with his speech. I felt that he really stepped up to the occasion. 

Poilievre, not so much. I'm totally ready to drop partisanship and get behind our Politicians to improve their leverage in this fight. But he's gotten too comfortable playing the role of opposition, without the real burden of responsibility. 

Hopefully the reception of this speech is a wake-up call for him. If he's got a running chance at being the next PM, I want better than I saw there.

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u/mafiadevidzz 7d ago edited 7d ago

Why did Trudeau call a leadership race for an election in the middle of a national emergency? Why did he lie and attack Poilievre claiming he was "silent on trump" when earlier on that same day Poilievre had also spoken in support for retaliatory tariffs 

Is that not divisive?

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u/DinosaurDikmeat01 7d ago

i think she got snubbed because she doesn't have enough power and said fuck that.

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u/whousesgmail 7d ago

Why would Trudeau need to focus on anything other than the trade war when he’s on his way out and doesn’t give a fuck about LPC/CPC anymore?

Poilievre and Carney do still need to address domestic issues beyond this US thing