Trump administration officials have held secret meetings with far right wing Canadian separatists who want to break free from Canada.
The radical fringe group Alberta Prosperity Project wants the oil-rich province to become independent, and leaders of the group have met with Trump officials in Washington three times since April, according to the Financial Times.
“The U.S. is extremely enthusiastic about a free and independent Alberta,” the group’s legal counsel, Jeff Rath, told the FT after attending the meetings.
The group hopes to have another meeting in Washington next month to ask for a $500 billion credit facility, which would help fund the province if an independence referendum passes.
Last week Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sparked excitement among Alberta separatists when he described the oil-rich province as “a natural partner for the U.S.” during an interview with MAGA-friendly streaming channel Real America’s Voice.
- The Alberta Prosperity Project is looking to get 177,000 signatures to bring an independence petition to the legislature before May. The group declined to say how many signatures it currently has.
- “The overwhelming majority of Albertans are not interested in becoming a U.S. state,” a spokesperson for Alberta’s premier Danielle Smith.
- Meanwhile, an Alberta Forever Canada counter-petition opposing independence received 438,568 signatures by a deadline last year.
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