Danielle Smith and Doug Ford are courteous with each other, but it’s a fragile friendship that could shatter at any moment.

Premier Smith and her people know this very well. They’re cheery on the surface but quietly suspicious. Old grudges die hard.

Uneasily, they watch the Ontario premier’s deepening ties with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Carney bunks at Ford’s cottage. Ford says he’d hand Carney the keys to any business. Bros forever.

There’s been nothing quite so cozy since the 1980s, when Ontario Premier Bill Davis got together with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to sell Alberta down the river.

It usually happens when Ottawa is run by Liberals and Ontario has Progressive Conservative governments. (The Justin Trudeau regime was an exception — in the end he didn’t get along with anybo

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