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Can someone give me a brief synopsis? I'm going there this summer and want the background before possibly chatting with locals.
Alberta is Canada's Texas. It has a substantial population of populist conservatives that look and sound a lot like the US Republican base.
In recent weeks some Alberta separatists reportedly met with the Trump administration. Presumably, Trump and his followers are considering supporting their ambitions to split off from Canada.
The Freedom Convoy started as a group of truckers who demonstrated against COVID restrictions. Their actions quickly grew into a larger conservative anti-vaccine and anti-government protest.
It should be noted that both groups are/were comitting treason, imo. The convoy had the goal of removing the then-current government and replacing it with their own leaders (as well as imo commiting domestic terrorism against the people of Ottawa). The separatists, reportedly so far but in the likely event is true, are working with a hostile foreign government with the intent to destabilize Canada.
The Canadian gov't is dangerously close to showing the same toothlessness the US Democrats are showing. If the meetings with the Trump admin prove true, I desperately hope for prosecution.