Trump officials have met with activists from the Alberta Prosperity Project, a separatist group that wants independence for its province.

“Very, very senior” officials in the Trump administration have had secret meetings with far-right Canadian separatists trying to shake the foundations of the country. The covert meetings between high-ranking U.S. officials and the Alberta Prosperity Project come as a widening rift appears between Canadian leadership and the White House. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used a speech in Davos, Switzerland, last week to call out President Trump for creating a “rupture” in the existing world order.

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  • Sharkticon@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    14 days ago

    What’s it going to take for Canada to start you know viewing this as treason from certain people? Cuz it’s absolutely treason.

    • skozzii@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      14 days ago

      Yup, needs to be shut down and them charged, and then you’ll see a US temper tantrum, which just proves what they were up to.

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 days ago

      If Canada takes a page out of America’s book then there could be an actual violent insurrection and masked federal agents executing Canadians and they still won’t view it as treason.

    • Tiger666@lemmy.caEnglish
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      14 days ago

      I live in the treasonous province and I’ll tell you most people in Edmonton at least are real Canadians and not fascists.

      • wampus@lemmy.caEnglish
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        14 days ago

        The fairly luke-warm ‘stay’ petition, rabid ‘leave’ petitions, and generally failing recall attempts, seem to paint a slightly more muddled picture.

        At least BC’s premier is openly using the Treason word for this shit.

        • TwinTitans@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          14 days ago

          I wouldn’t call that “Luke warm” at all. It was a massive amount of people in a relatively short window of time.

          • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            13 days ago

            Yeah, I don’t know what he’s talking about. Forever Canadian got over 400k signatures before the rules got changed to make it easier. I signed it while wandering around a festival where they had a booth set up. That signature was not exciting, but it was no-brainer.

            The sepratists have a rabid fan base that will line up around the block to sign, but that’s it. After that they have nothing. They are firmly in the minority with only 20-30% considering it. That tracks with the average for idiots in a population that will vote for anything.