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A group of far-right 🇨🇦 Canadian separatists who would like the oil-rich province of Alberta to secede from Canada say they have held meetings with senior Trump administration officials with a view to gaining U.S. support for the plan.

The group, named the Alberta Prosperity Project, is hoping to hold a referendum on separating Alberta – sometimes known as the Texas of Canada – from the rest of the country this year.

In three secret meetings with officials from the U.S. State and Treasury departments, the group has discussed the mechanics of Alberta breaking with Canada, including plans to switch to U.S. currency and even to create a new military force, according to reports in the Financial Times and on NBC.

A fourth meeting has also been planned in the coming weeks to further discuss how a transition process might work, should a legally-binding referendum be held and the result indicate a desire to form a new independent nation.

“For those of us who are very much in support of Alberta becoming a sovereign country, it’s heartening to us at each of the three meetings that we’ve had with the U.S. administration to be informed that the entire U.S. administration is supportive of Alberta becoming a sovereign country,” Dennis Modry, a co-founder of the Alberta Prosperity Project, said according to NBC.

However, the majority of Canadians believe the separatist group's negotiations with the United States are tantamount to “treason,” according to a new poll out this week.

News of the highly unusual meetings comes amid high tensions between the U.S. and its northern neighbor.

During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke of a “rupture” in the world order, which appeared to be a veiled attack on President Donald Trump's trade and foreign policies, without mentioning him by name.

Trump has repeatedly suggested the U.S. should make Canada its 51st state, and in 2025, then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Trump's threat was "real".

“They’re very aware of our resources, of what we have and they very much want to be able to benefit from those,” Trudeau said last year.

“But Mr. Trump has it in mind that one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country. And it is a real thing,” he added.

The tensions have only helped the separatists, who are trying to capitalize on the friction, according to the FT report last month.

“The U.S. is extremely enthusiastic about a free and independent Alberta,” the group’s legal counsel, Jeff Rath, told the paper after attending the meetings.

Officials in the United States government moved to play down the discussions, saying the meeting involved lower‑level staff and produced no commitments.

A senior official at the U.S. Department of State said no further meetings are expected.

Nonetheless, former diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity are not impressed. The U.S.'s actions have been “irresponsible as hell,” one unnamed ex-official told NBC.

“It’s really irresponsible for the United States to be engaging with these kinds of people, because it just encourages behavior that cannot be in the U.S. national interest,” the former senior State Department official said.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said last month that he expects "the U.S. administration to respect Canadian sovereignty."

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🔗 Independent UK || Reuters

A war between Canada & US, who wins?

👍🏻 Like for Canada, share for USA

🍁 Canada is like a leopard that helps a lion to bring down other preys in the jungle. Do you know what happens when there are no longer preys for the lion to feast on?? It feeds on the leopard.

Canada & Europe spent the last 80 years helping the US invade and destroy other weak countries.

Canada partook in the spoils of war in all the countries the US invaded and destroyed. They received their own share of oil and gold stolen from those countries.

Now the US has turned it's sight to Canada and Greenland (Europe). Who will come to their aid?

USA, they do things that might provoke others even though they can never tolerate such

65% Albertans would vote no.

Just like the failed Scottish referendum, this one is another exercise in futility.

I dey laugh Agbadogerians.

Trump oko iya Tinubu...

Evil country. God punish anyone supporting the USA

helinues:
USA, they do things that might provoke others even though they can never tolerate such

You know nothing. This is not about ewedu politics.

He should leave canada alone na

Make dem come talk with Biafra 😁

These International Bandits are at it again.
But they're always right when it comes to their Nigerian butt-lickers.

Nobody will come for their aid. Germany tired to strengthen Denmark over Greenland. A call over tarrif make them rethink and call back their support. US can take any other nations and resources to become bigger than their foes. That's new america dream.

Kaliningrad:
🍁 Canada is like a leopard that helps a lion to bring down other preys in the jungle. Do you know what happens when there are no longer preys for the lion to feast on?? It feeds on the leopard.

Canada & Europe spent the last 80 years helping the US invade and destroy other weak countries.

Canada partook in the spoils of war in all the countries the US invaded and destroyed. They received their own share of oil and gold stolen from those countries.

Now the US has turned it's sight to Canada and Greenland (Europe). Who will come to their aid?

US sha want gat all the earth 🌎🌍 lands

Why is this man they called Donald Trump so divisive.....please his tenure xhould cone and end, the world is tired of his toxicity already.

Trump is an irresponsible guy that's why he was all over Epstein's Island molesting minors

Canada will be better off being part of US than standing alone and being a mediocre it is today in the comity of nations despite its enormous resources

This isn't not a good one. I don't like the US for the aspect of land Grabbing.

When you are successful, powerful, just, kind and empathetic to the oppressed, you deserve anything you desire in life, and that's what US is, they deserve anything they desire because they have been kind to the whole world and have affected and uplifted millions of lives all over the world more than any other nation on earth, so they deserve whatever they desire on earth, US government need to do everything they can to come and partner with Igbos to build a powerful nation and ally in Africa to hold down Islamic Jihadists that will try to question US authority on earth in the coming years

Good one. Nigerians are ready to join America too

God Bless Donald Trump

Kapish

Mark it well: Canada risks losing a third of its territory to the USA. This isn’t accidental—Canada has long played big brother to the Americans, manipulating weaker governments to serve its own agenda.

Canada didn't arrest them ooh

They are free