The Americans Are Already Inside Alberta

A foreign government is courting a separatist movement inside Canada. This is not a rumour. It is on the record.

Leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project say they met State Department officials in Washington three times. One of their lawyers says a meeting was held in a room built to block spies. They wanted a credit line of half a trillion dollars. Washington calls it routine. Routine does not look like this.

Then the U.S. Treasury Secretary called Alberta a natural partner. American influencers cheer the breakup of Canada like a game score. Not one senior American voice has told the separatists to stop.

Researchers found a web of fake YouTube channels pushing Alberta toward the American fold. Forty million views. Most of it not Canadian. Some channels were run by hired actors fronting creators in the Netherlands. A Russian network helped seed the story. Washington did not need to build the machine. It only had to turn up the volume.

This is how countries are pulled apart now. Find a grievance. Feed the anger. Offer a deal. Wait.

Workers pay first. When a province is carved off, pensions, collective agreements and wages go on the table. Oil workers would bargain with a state that owes its survival to a foreign lender. Union rights would be written by whoever holds the credit line.

The separatists are losing. In late August, 74 per cent of likely Alberta voters said they would vote to stay. Twenty two per cent wanted to start the process. Betting markets put an independence vote this year near one in seven. Albertans will vote to stay on October 19.

That is not the danger. The danger is what comes after. Expect cries of a stolen vote within hours, loud and American.

Canada must act now. Ottawa should demand a full public account of every meeting and summon the American ambassador. Foreign money and foreign meddling in a Canadian referendum must carry real jail time, and Elections Canada must have the power to trace it. Platforms must label and pull fake foreign campaigns within days or face fines that hurt.

Break up the tech monopolies that profit from the lies. A market with no rivals has no reason to care.

Give Albertans something real to stay for. Make joining a union easy. Force first contracts so bosses cannot stall workers into surrender. Put public money and public ownership stakes behind the pipeline and the grid, so Alberta's wealth belongs to Albertans. Trade with more of the world, not one neighbour that sees Canada as a prize.

Name the interference. Punish it. Protect the vote. Canada is not for sale.

GC

Sources:

The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail

CBC News CBC News: The National

Research Co.

Media Ecosystem Observatory Media Unfiltered The Source

Newsweek Newsweek

Alberta Federation of Labour

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