You want to put a tax on oil going to the United States. No!

You want to reduce the flow of oil to the United States. No!

You want to stop the flow of oil to the United States. No!

What part of No don’t some people understand.

“It’s a hard No,” Premier Danielle Smith tells your scribbler Thursday in case the clear-cut, no-doubt-about-it message didn’t sink in everybody’s skulls.

On the one hand there’s Ontario Premier Doug Ford back to his role as national blowhard, saying Canada could dismantle the United States because Canada is an energy superpower with oil and potash.

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Ford says everything is on the table in attacking the U.S. and Canada should use every tool in the toolbox as an energy superpower.

In Alberta, NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says Smith is wrong to tell the rest of the country it’s hands off Alberta oil.

Does Nenshi believe that’s a winning message?

Then again, does Nenshi really believe a grovelling apology after having his picture taken with the Israeli ambassador makes him look like someone who wants to be premier.

In the real world, Smith says you should never threaten something that’s going to hurt you more than it’s going to hurt them.

Them are the Americans........

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