During a March 8 interview with Breitbart, a right-wing U.S. media company, Smith said the Conservative Party of Canada was far ahead of the governing Liberal Party in polls before the trade war.

It comes as Smith prepares to fly to Florida this week to join an event with an American podcaster who has mocked Canada as a “silly country” and spoken about it being annexed as the 51st state.

SAINT MORITZ — Canada's Courtney Hoffos claimed silver in women's ski cross at the freestyle skiing world championships on ...