They never said to defy Trump's orders. They said to defy illegal orders.

JD just admitted Trump's order are illegal.

The truth is buried within the article. Smith is now saddled with the task of a) getting Indigenous communities onboard b) getting investment c) getting BC on board before anything will happen. None of which she will be able to do.

It will die a slow death as BC and First Nations resist, oil markets decline and private investment fails to appear, but the blame will shift from the federal government. I don’t think it’s a particularly ennobling political calculation, but a lot of pigs will have to fly before this is real.