# Alberta Premier Smith calls Canada-US trade war 'unjustified'

https://mins.news/en/video/34429

- Global News, 2026-08-27 13:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u9YV5G8MAU

> Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the trade war between Canada and the United States is “unjustified and wholly unnecessary.” She praised Ottawa’s $7.5-billion support package for tariff-hit businesses but stopped short of defending Prime Minister Mark Carney’s counter-tariff decision, which some Conservatives support.

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