Inside the Right-Wing Movement Pushing Alberta to Secede From Canada

"A separation movement in the Canadian province of Alberta claims to be gaining steam, and its leaders say they now have a meeting booked with U.S. Treasury Department officials. They will be asking for a line of credit worth $500 billion in U.S. currency to help transition Alberta from a Canadian province into a U.S. state. Led by businessman Mitch Sylvestre, the Alberta Prosperity Project has launched a petition through a campaign called Stay Free Alberta"

"Unlike in the province of Quebec, where separatist leaders hold elected office, Alberta's separatist movement has no formal foothold in its province's politics. Quebec, an overwhelmingly French-speaking province, is the only jurisdiction in Canada with a sizable sovereignty movement. That province had referenda in 1980 and 1995 that asked whether or not Quebecers wanted to separate from Canada, the latter narrowly failing. The separatist political party, Parti Québécois, is expected to form the next provincial government, and has promised a referendum in its first mandate."

A separation movement in Alberta says it has a meeting booked with U.S. Treasury Department officials to request a $500 billion U.S. line of credit to help transition Alberta into a U.S. state. The movement is led by businessman Mitch Sylvestre and organized under the Alberta Prosperity Project, which launched a petition through Stay Free Alberta to build support for a separation referendum. The group has no official support from elected parties. The project seeks a new constitution that "recognizes the Supremacy of God as foundational to Civil Society and the Rule of Law." Alberta's separatist movement lacks a formal political foothold, unlike Quebec's established sovereignty movement. The governing United Conservative Party officially does not advocate sovereignty, and Premier Danielle Smith says she wants Alberta to remain in Canada.

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