Canada US Trade —Trump Tariffs —Smith Needed To Find  A Way For a United Canada Approach 

This is when real leadership or the lack thereof comes to the fore.

Smith ( not necessarily Alberta) seemed to be more interested to be in Mar a Lago than having meetings with other Premiers for a Canada approach. 

However real or unreal this whole thing is it was and is touted as real. 

Personal relationships must be put aside —the Country needs to speak with one voice. 

This is not Federal or Provincial——this is NATIONAL. 

I remember the Canada US free trade agreement—all the Provinces were involved and we all had to swallow and concede certain points and we did ———for the Nation. 

The same was true with the Constitution. NL conceded on the fishery, offshore resources and Labrador Power. 

So that the NATION could amend its own Constitution in the future.

As American singer Kenny Rogers sang : There’s a time to hold them and a time to fold them. 

I am as anti Trudeau as anyone given my personal experience with Trudeau Sr and his anti democratic treatment of NL and have like other Canadians endured the arrogance , anti science, anti constitution behaviour of Trudeau Jr , going all the way to the SCOC ,  but one must in certain circumstances put the Country first, especially against a formidable new US President whose negotiation skills include seeking division in his opponent. 

I listened to Mike Waltz, Trump’s new Security Advisor and was struck by his emphasis on NATO Commitments———and Canada breaking them especially the 2% GDP agreement that Canada has continually flaunted. Why Canada has not agreed to keep  its commitment aggravates the US and is something that the Premiers should have insisted on being agreed to early on ——-to agree to a new border plan without the NATO issue being removed seems poor negotiating to me .