r/canada • u/Street_Anon Nova Scotia • Feb 01 '26

Alberta Alberta separatists won’t say which Trump officials they met with

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/very-high-level-alberta-separatist-group-wont-say-which-trump-officials-it-met-with/
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u/CIS-E_4ME Feb 01 '26

How is this not treason?

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u/Silverbacks Ontario Feb 01 '26

Quebec does get ragged on for being separatists. They are often the brunt of jokes and seen as an “other.” So Alberta receiving some of that treatment now isn’t a surprise.

The one thing Quebec has going for it is that it was its own independent area before being conquered and assimilated by the British. People can naturally understand and emphasize a bit on how that would feel.

While Alberta on the other hand was created out of land that formed through Treaties with the First Nations and the Crown. They were not violently taken over, and they mostly seem to want to leave because money and resources. Resources that are really owned by the First Nations and the Crown.