![]() ![]() The beating heart of the modern Alberta separatist movement is, unsurprisingly, a deep and visceral hatred of the Trudeaus, both the current prime minister, and his father Pierre, who was prime minister from the late 60s to the early 80s (with a brief time out during the late 70s) and famously pissed Alberta off ( something to do with energy, it’s very old news). In another post, he warned that other people in other Alberta separatist groups were “already UNDER INVESTIGATION by the for making death threats.” “I have personally removed possibly dozens of the death threats. ![]() One moderator has even written multiple lengthy posts reminding the group's followers to not threaten to kill the prime minister and about how exhausted he was at removing death threats. The larger page is steeped in right-wing conspiracies and it's not hard to find disturbing talk of killing trans people. On its website, before you are even introduced to the group's platform, the AB51 Project tries to sell you bumper stickers. The page exists primarily as a platform for moderators to hawk merchandise-like “Alberta, USA” hats, wristbands, and magnets-to its audience. The Alberta 51 project grew from a larger page that is an absolute cesspool for far-right ideas. Now while Canada’s health care system is far from ideal, the United States system is consistently rated as one of the worst in the Western world.Ī small section of the Alberta 51 merch one can buy. The group seems convinced that American health care will be far superior to the largely free one available in Canada. Sadly, the latter section is about how Albertans should be allowed to conceal and carry firearms, and not about how they should get their guns out. Within the platform they float an idea of a sale for $1.8 trillion dollars, and dedicate a section to the “right to bare arms”. While the group’s official page exists almost exclusively of a few dozen people chatting on Facebook, it has put out a 40-page platform outlining arguments for why Albertans should want to join the United States. However, despite the exposure by the United States’ biggest right-wing TV network, the group is no closer to its goals. We are doing real world things to help all Albertans!” “The AB51 Project is not just chatting on (Facebook). “Had our first interview with Fox News,” wrote one member days before the article came out. The Twitter account has less than 100 followers. The Alberta 51 Project (AB5) has less than 70 members on Facebook at the time of writing. Despite this, a separatist group, small even within the niche Alberta separatist movement, got a glowing writeup in Fox News. The idea of Alberta separating is profoundly unpopular in the province- 79% of Albertans oppose the idea of joining the United States. ![]()
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