Elections Alberta soliciting help from other jurisdictions to carry out fall referendum

U.S. President Donald Trump said 50 per cent tariffs targeting Canada’s aircraft industry was prompted by a complaint from a friend who couldn’t buy the corporate jet of his choosing. Trump made the remark during a six-minute-long rant about Canada in the Oval Office on Wednesday. “I had a case about a week ago, where a friend of mine was buying a Gulfstream jet, and he said, ‘You know, it’s a crazy thing. We’re not able — that Canada won’t certify Gulfstream,’” Trump said. “Gulfstream is the best private jet, you know, the best of the best,” he noted, adding that Canada “won’t...