OTTAWA — As Alberta Premier Danielle Smith worked rooms in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, welcome news broke that President Donald Trump wouldn’t immediately slap a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods, a move that would have devastated Alberta’s oil and gas industry.

After weeks of concern, confusion, calls for unity and subsequent dissent, Canada received some clarity on freshly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to enact widespread tariffs on Canadian imports on his first day in office.

Trudeau blasted Smith, reminding her that the federal government bought the Trans Mountain pipeline, which now has a C$34.5 billion price tag, giving Alberta its only route to export oil from Canada’s Pacific coast.

U.S. President Donald Trump's team is indicating he won't hit Canada with damaging tariffs on his inauguration day. Shortly before Trump was sworn into office Monday, an incoming White House official who insisted on anonymity pointed reporters to a Wall Street Journal report that said instead of tariffs Trump will instead sign an executive order launching an investigation into alleged unfair trade and currency practices by Canada,

Canadian leaders expressed relief that sweeping tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency and that he did not mention America’s major trading partner during his inaugural speech.