Danielle Smith, Alberta’s leader, is fusing libertarian dogma with oil-soaked grievance politics. It’s Canada’s version of the New Right, dressed up in provincial pride.

It has been a few months since Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s speaking tour in the United States, where she advocated for the position of Canadian capitalists on free trade and anti-tariff policies, culminating in a meeting at Mar-a-Lago with President Donald Trump. For Americans who had no idea who she was, she was suddenly thrust to the center of right-wing politics, appearing in interviews with right-wing darlings Ben Shapiro and PragerU.

What many failed to realize was that her politics were focused on free trade with oil-rich Alberta — an instrumental fiscal tool she promotes while leveraging Western Canadian rese

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