Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday the country's leaders must put Canada first and forcefully hit back against president-elect Donald Trump if he goes ahead with punishing tariffs on all of our goods while also singling out Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for her reluctance to go all-in on retaliation.

Perhaps Canada should raise a toast to Jack Daniel’s and Jim Beam? Maybe they have as much power around Donald Trump’s White House as Elon Musk and Robert Kennedy Jr. Or, at least enough sway to put a trade war — one that would hit the economies of Tennessee and Kentucky,

The current Alberta premier, a former talk-show host and lobbyist, similarly never seemed to have much in common with Ontario Premier Doug Ford ... the U.S. (Danielle Smith/X) Ford?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford sent a clear message to Donald Trump at the premier’s meeting, while Alberta Premier Danielle Smith skipped the meeting and refused to join a unified response.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canada needs to be prepared for tariffs to come into effect when Donald Trump takes office, but cutting off the supply of oil is not the answer.

Trump wants Greenland and the Panama Canal. And, amidst a week of turmoil in Ottawa, which saw beleaguered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing that he would be stepping down, Trump spent considerable energy speaking about turning Canada into the 51st state.

Premier Doug Ford is proposing a closer relationship with the U.S. when it comes to critical minerals while at the same time boasting that the province won’t “roll over” should president-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threatened tariffs upon taking office next week.

"Premier Smith's oil is Ontario's auto sector," said Council of the Federation chairman and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith stated Wednesday that her government can’t fully back Ottawa’s efforts to fight looming U.S. tariffs so long as retaliatory tariffs on oil and gas remain on the table.

United we stand, divided we fall. Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau respond to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith declining to sign a joint statement by the premiers about ...