Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stunned the world with a dazzling speech at Davos in January. He warned that the old order was dying and that it was time for global leaders to get serious about what must replace it. “Stop invoking ‘rules-based international order’ as though it still functions as advertised,” Carney said. “Call it what it is: a system of intensifying great power rivalry…
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President Donald Trump went on a tirade against Canada in a social media post this week, demanding that the terms of a new bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, be renegotiated. Trump’s missive included false claims that the Gordie Howe International Bridge — named after famed hockey star Gordie Howe — would only benefit Canada. “Canada is building a massive bridge…
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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 build support for a referendum to separate from Canada. The group has no official support from any of the elected parties in Alberta.
Behind its rallying cry of faith, family, and freedom, the Alberta Prosperity Project wants a new constitution for Albertans — one “that recognizes the Supremacy of God as foundational to Civil Society and the Rule of Law.”
Unlike in the province of Quebec, where separatist leaders hold elected office, Alberta’s separatist movement has no formal foothold in its province’s politics. Quebec, an overwhelmingly French-speaking province, is the only jurisdiction in Canada with a sizable sovereignty movement. That province had referenda in 1980 and 1995 that asked whether or not Quebecers wanted to separate from Canada, the latter narrowly failing. The separatist political party, Parti Québécois, is expected to form the next provincial government, and has promised a referendum in its first mandate.
Officially, the governing United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP) is not advocating for sovereignty. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants Alberta to remain in Canada. However, the idea of sovereignty has been used by the
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…
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Just days after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney criticized the U.S. for wielding its power to demand subservience, President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked Carney’s invitation to his colonial “Board of Peace,” removing access to the structure that the administration seeks to use to replace the UN. In a Truth Social post Thursday evening, Trump wrote a letter to Carney, saying: “Please…
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