Alberta's Separatist Movement Is a National Security Threat | The Walrus

"W hen does a separatist movement become a threat to Canada's national security? This is a question hanging in the air in Alberta. People are asking how it can possibly be that the very same individuals who are leading the separatist movement can also be three meetings deep into a relationship with senior officials of the Donald Trump administration in Washington, with a fourth scheduled for this month."

"Treason. Sedition. Traitorous. These are words that are ricocheting around the radio talk shows and the social media channels. In the aftermath of the United States' move on Venezuela, people are genuinely concerned that Canada could also be "on the menu." There is a growing recognition that resource imperialism has become the basic orienting principle of US grand strategy. And that Canada, as a resource-rich and militarily poor nation, has become exceptionally vulnerable to it."

Alberta separatist leaders meeting repeatedly with senior foreign officials has elevated public concern about national security. Accusations such as treason and sedition have circulated amid fears Canada could be targeted following international interventions like that in Venezuela. Resource imperialism is described as a central driver of US grand strategy, rendering resource-rich and militarily limited Canada particularly vulnerable. A sovereignty referendum organized by the Alberta Prosperity Project at this moment is portrayed as posing exceptional, existential risk to Canadian continuance. Advocacy for separation remains legal under the Charter and Clarity Act, but foreign interference crosses into national security threat territory under the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act.

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