Too friendly to resist: Danielle Smith’s U.S. diplomacy
West of Centre

Too friendly to resist: Danielle Smith’s U.S. diplomacy

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 4, 202631 min

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are using very different tactics in the ongoing Canada-U.S. trade war. As Smith travels to Nashville, we ask whether her kill them with kindness approach is working. And Alberta’s senior representative in Washington, Nathan Cooper, weighs in on the delicate dance of diplomacy in Donald Trump’s America. To put it all in context, two conservative insiders join host Kathleen Petty. Evan Menzies worked with the United Conservative Party, and before that with Smith during the early days of the Wildrose Party. Cole Hoga...

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Hello everyone, I'm Maldonado, who is a artist who is a movie artist from all over the world. I'm a Shopify fan, and I'm happy to be here with all of you

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and I'm very happy to be here with you. I'm very happy to be here with you, I'm What to make of how each premier is countering in this fight? Our panel will weigh in. This is West of Center. I'm Kathleen Petty.

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