Premier Danielle Smith released a statement talking about the response to Donald Trump’s tariffs and what’s to come. She outlined how she met with fellow Canada premiers and Justin Trudeau to talk about how they can “work together to take decisive action on the war on fentanyl, and border security.”
Smith mentioned the imminent ‘fentanyl czar’ that will be appointed to help with the fentanyl crisis both here and in the U.S. She also noted that although some border security measures have already been implemented in Alberta, she has “instructed [her] government to take immediate steps to significantly increase police and prosecutorial resources to go after the fentanyl labs, kingpins and dealers that are responsible for killing 49,000 Canadians since 2016.”
“We will also continue to move forward with our recovery treatment centres and will be moving forward, this year, with promised compassionate intervention legislation and the construction of secured mandatory treatment facilities in Edmonton and Calgary.”
She ended her statement by informing the public that she will be in Washington D.C. next week to attend the National Governors Association convention and that a federal election is imperative. This is so that “we have a Prime Minister with a strong mandate to negotiate a new Canada-U.S. trade agreement.”
“To this end, we call on all Liberal leadership candidates and federal party leaders to agree to an election to commence in March at the very latest.”
