C.J. Atkins at People’s World reports Union Leaders in Alberta and across Canada are sounding the alarm over what they see as an unprecedented foreign interference campaign: The Trump Administration’s covert collaboration with Alberta separatists. Washington is openly embracing a secession effort in the oil-rich Province that aims to fracture the Canadian Federation and undermine Workers’ Rights. Officials from the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Treasury have held at least three secret meetings with Far-Right fringe separatists who want Alberta to declare its independence and likely become a part of the United States, according to reporting from The Financial Times on January 29th. Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) President Gil McGowan, the most vocal Leader in the mass movement opposing the sham independence effort, says the meetings are clear “evidence of foreign interference.” He said the scheme is not organic: “We’re being targeted by the MAGA crowd.” The separatists, calling themselves the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), are currently mounting a campaign to gather 178,000 signatures on an independence petition in hopes of triggering a separation referendum. Their other themes mirror those of the MAGA base in the U.S.: Accusations Canada’s Federal Government is corrupt and squandering money; Xenophobic claims of a Chinese takeover; Persecution of Christians: and Globalist conspiracies. They have another meeting scheduled with Trump Administration Officials in February where, according to APP Lawyer Jeff Rath, they will discuss “a $500 billion USD line of credit to support the transition to a free and independent Alberta.” That figure dwarfs Alberta’s current Provincial budget and would leave Workers and taxpayers on both sides of the border exposed to crushing debt. U.S. Officials deny committing to the plan - but continue to openly back the would-be defectors.

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