OTTAWA — On March 8, the American right-wing news site Breitbart published an interview with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith that barely made a ripple in Canada.

In the interview, Smith blamed former prime minister Justin Trudeau for making Canada look weak in a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort after the U.S. election in November. She also explained the vagaries of the Canadian parliamentary system to the American audience, describing how the new Liberal leader would become prime minister and succeed Trudeau.