Alberta’s Smith says she prefers ‘good cop’ role in trade war with U.S.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is playing “good cop” as other Canadian leaders take a more adversarial stance against Donald Trump’s tariff threats, preferring to seek common ground with the U.S. administration on energy.Ms. Smith told an audience at a major U.S. energy conference on Wednesday that she favours expanding oil export capacity to the United States, but plans to push for more access to other markets if the two countries are unable to repair their fractured trade relationship.