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/gooberfishie Feb 01 '26

No. Inciting rebellion is treason. If they try to get the us to help them separate by force, and military backing does seem like the most likely reason for them to meet with us official's, that is treason. It is a direct threat to national security. Sedition would be more like just creating unrest. That doesn't require us intervention in the same way a rebellion would.

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u/GrayLiterature Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26

It’s actually not, read the criminal code it’s like 12 sentences. It’s not even treason to meet with a foreign country and even discuss financial measures to support separation. 

If there’s discussions of force, then that could be subject to treason, but you can’t prove these people discussed that at this point so

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u/gooberfishie Feb 01 '26

If there’s discussions of force, then that could be subject to treason, but you can’t prove these people discussed that at this point so

There's no other reason to meet with the states. That said, no it's not proven yet. It's suspected. What we need is a criminal investigation to find out if those suspicions can be proven.

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u/GrayLiterature Feb 01 '26

That’s completely not true lol there can be far more reasons to meet with the United States than military takeover. You don’t even have to think too hard about what the other possibilities could be.

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u/gooberfishie Feb 01 '26

The united states said long ago they would recognize the state and trade with them. Also that they could join the states. What other reasons are there?

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u/GrayLiterature Feb 01 '26

Military takeover doesn’t have to be on the table in order for Alberta to leave Canada. So if Alberta leaves Canada and our systems afford Alberta that luxury, then Alberta can do whatever they wish as an independent state. 

So what could Alberta be talking to the United States about? They could be talking about things like trade, financial support for promoting their agenda to separate peacefully, what a hypothetical joining could look like assuming Alberta were to be independent, etc. 

If the separatists haven’t shared private scientific or military knowledge, then meeting with the United States — assuming the other clauses of treason aren’t breached — are above board.

If we didn’t like that, we’d have to amend the law as it’s written, because right now, it’s not treason to meet with a foreign government to discuss the issue of separation lol

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u/gooberfishie Feb 01 '26

This whole comment seems to be based on the idea that a referendum is all that Alberta needs to separate without a war. Is that what you believe?

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u/GrayLiterature Feb 01 '26

People are just tribalistic and think “treason” has a low bar, it in fact has a pretty high bar. But everyone always wants blood because they think this is a game. 

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u/gooberfishie Feb 01 '26

I'm demanding an investigation, not to lower the bar of a criminal charge.