Trump officials have met with activists from the Alberta Prosperity Project, a separatist group that wants independence for its province.

“Very, very senior” officials in the Trump administration have had secret meetings with far-right Canadian separatists trying to shake the foundations of the country. The covert meetings between high-ranking U.S. officials and the Alberta Prosperity Project come as a widening rift appears between Canadian leadership and the White House. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used a speech in Davos, Switzerland, last week to call out President Trump for creating a “rupture” in the existing world order.

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  • SleepyPie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    23 hours ago

    I’d say California should hold a referendum to join Canada in response, but then I discovered California’s economy alone has 4.3 trillion GDP compared to all of Canada’s 2.6 trillion. Amazing that the average Canadian still has better access to healthcare 😅

    • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
      38·
      22 hours ago

      I bet that if California had universal healthcare, the GDP would skyrocket. Healthy people are productive people. Ditto for doing free education, genuine anti-corruption, and…(goes on)

      • dellish@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        20 hours ago

        What? If the country looks after the population, the population will look after the country? That would never work! You know, except for the various countries where it provably does work…

    • froh42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      21 hours ago

      As a German I would prefer California in the EU. I’d be ok to send EU money to Denmark, so they can buy California.

      Image West Coast Weather AND hygge in one single state.

    • Tiger666@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      21 hours ago

      California is THE fourth largest economy in the world with the first being the USA as a whole.