Sask. NDP slam Premier Scott Moe for backing Alberta premier's controversial diplomatic efforts

Alexander Quon · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 28, 2025 2:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

The Saskatchewan NDP has slammed Premier Scott Moe for commending Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's advocacy successful the United States connected tariffs. 

Sally Housser, the NDP's professional connected energy, called for Moe to apologize and retreat his enactment for Smith. 

The NDP professional was referring to a March 8 interrogation that Smith had with right-wing U.S. media outlet Breitbart News. 

During that interrogation Smith said the menace of tariffs had boosted Liberal enactment successful the national predetermination campaign. the Alberta premier said she told Trump medication officials she hoped "we could enactment things connected pause" truthful Canada could get done its election.

Smith besides said Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's views are "very overmuch successful sync" with the Trump administration. 

Housser also called for Moe to supply details connected what helium discussed with U.S. officials erstwhile helium travelled to Washington D.C. successful February.

"Did helium inquire [U.S. President] Donald Trump to enactment his thumb connected the standard of our Canadian national election? I mean to bash what I tin to get them an reply connected that question," Housser said. 

On Thursday, Moe did not code Smith's interview. Instead, he stressed the value of changing American minds when Canada is threatened with a U.S. commercialized war. 

Moe called Smith 1 of Canada's strongest advocates, and commended each premiers for doing their champion to advocator and amended U.S. citizens connected however integrated some countries' economies are "despite the rhetoric."

"Premier Smith — I deliberation certainly is taking probably a akin attack that we person arsenic good here — is utilizing the contacts that you have, whoever they mightiness be, to advocator and to educate on conscionable however integrated our system is," said Moe connected Thursday.

Moe's bureau did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. 

This week, Smith travelled to Florida to speak astatine an event with U.S. blimpish media property Ben Shapiro as part of a $1,500 US-a-ticket gala fundraiser for the Prager University Foundation. 

It's not an accredited assemblage but distributes educational videos and different materials designed to combat "woke themes and anti-American sentiment" successful schools.

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Smith is besides scheduled to look connected a podcast hosted by Marissa Streit, the CEO of PragerU, who has previously spoken astir Canada being annexed arsenic the 51st state.

Smith passionately defended herself this week by denouncing those who would impeach her of treason, saying she's being unjustly criticized for trying to transportation American decision-makers to wantonness the tariffs.

Alberta's Opposition NDP person spent weeks calling for Smith to cancel her quality successful Florida, saying the premier is utilizing payer wealth to rise funds for an extremist, Islamophobic enactment that denies the past of American slavery

Moe said Smith's efforts to advocator and amended connected the value of the Canadian-U.S. commercialized narration is important for each of Canada. 

"We privation that escaped and just commercialized situation and we're going to effort to marque decisions to get there," Moe said.