Saskatchewan legislators wave Canadian flag, spar over standing up to Trump


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It was a day of jerseys, anthems and elbows up at the Saskatchewan legislature Thursday, with the Opposition NDP accusing Premier Scott Moe of going soft on a motion to condemn the U.S. trade war. NDP Leader Carla Beck introduced a motion calling on the assembly to condemn U.S. President Donald Trump for seeking to annex Canada and imposing sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods. Moe wanted a different wording. He struck out the language in the motion entirely, with the backing of his Saskatchewan Party governing caucus. He replaced it with the words, “Canada will never be the 51st state,”...