#alberta-separatism

#alberta-separatism

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

To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word for that and that word is treason, David Eby told reporters. It is completely inappropriate to seek to weaken Canada, to go and ask for assistance, to break up this country from a foreign power and with respect a president who has not been particularly respectful of Canada's sovereignty.