Maybe we will see Alberta put something on the table in this trade war with the Americans.

The Alberta government led by Premier Danielle Smith is holding firm on refusing to agree to a tax on Alberta oil heading south of the border.

Smith is also not taking American booze off the shelves.

The premier says Albertans freely choosing not to buy made-in-U.S.A. booze sends a powerful message.

But then there’s the question.

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Last week Scott Moe, the Saskatchewan premier and Smith’s political pal, said he would fire back at Trump for slamming a 50 per cent tax on Canadian booze going to the U.S. by putting a 50 per cent mark-up as of next week on American alcohol coming into Saskatchewan as of Sept. 8.

Your scribbler asks Smith if she is thinking about doing the same thing.

The premier is not 100 per cent committing to following Moe on his latest move, but she makes clear she is not ruling out taking that stand.

“I think his is a more sensible approach in fact,” says Smith.

“He’s actually matching what the Americans are doing.

“I think, as a measure of good will when he, like we, allowed American alcohol........

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