Canada is no stranger to separatism but push for Alberta to join US is a new peril
While Quebec parties have long sought independence, the secret meetings by unelected Albertans with US officials have been branded treasonous by someA separatist push for a referendum on independence from Canada. Meetings with foreign officials perceived to be sympathetic to their cause....
<p>While Quebec parties have long sought independence, the secret meetings by unelected Albertans with US officials have been branded treasonous by some</p><p>A separatist push for a referendum on independence from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canada</a>. Meetings with foreign officials perceived to be sympathetic to their cause. Accusations of <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/35-2/house/sitting-12/hansard?utm_source=chatgpt.com">treason</a> and <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/35-2/house/sitting-13/hansard?utm_source=chatgpt.com">sedition</a>.</p><p>Ahead of a 1995 referendum, leaders of Quebec’s independence movement made a string of provocative overtures to foreign governments, including a trip by the province’s premier to France. In a move that outraged anglophone Canada, the mayor of Paris gave Quebec’s Jacques Parizeau <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/01/29/paris-gives-quebec-leader-sovereign-treatment/5be2be4b-2aa4-4c80-9abd-509747a653af/">a welcome befitting a national leader</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/08/canada-alberta-separatism-join-us">Continue reading...</a>
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