Alberta's premier says Americans will pay a lot more for gas if tariffs applied on Canada
Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from well heads as wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Calgary, Alberta, May 12, 2024. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta said on Thursday that Americans will pay a lot more for gas if President-elect Donald Trump imposes a 25% tariff on all Canadian products.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in an interview with The Associated Press that American refineries won't have much choice but to increase the price of gas. Alberta provides 4.3 million barrels of oil a day to the United States.
"We would be responsible for about 25% of the American need for energy," Smith told the AP.
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