Cross-border Calvinball

Guess the number in the president-elect's head, win a functioning economy

I was running out of stock photos of the PM, so here’s Danielle Smith

Careful what you wish for. Five minutes ago everyone was calling for a “Team Canada” approach to dealing with Donald Trump. Unfortunately our team would make the Bad News Bears look like Navy SEALs.

Doug Ford wants to cut off energy exports and stop importing US alcohol if the 47th president follows through with his threatened tariffs. Danielle Smith disagrees, and in fact hopes to carve out Alberta oil and gas exports from any tariffs. Wab Kinew does a hilarious Donald Trump impression. François Legault wants everyone to know he met Trump at the refurbished Notre Dame Cathedral, which Legault visited after threatening to suspend constitutional protections for public prayer in Quebec. Please, nobody tell Legault what people do in, and around, Notre Dame Cathedral.

Meanwhile the feds are throwing together a plan to make Canada’s border less menacing to the United States, which Chrystia Freeland or somebody will reveal to the world on Monday.