Eby calls reported meeting between Alberta separatists and U.S. officials ‘treason’

OTTAWA — A reported meeting between individuals in the Alberta separatist movement and White House officials amounts to “treason,” British Columbia Premier David Eby said Thursday in Ottawa. “Now, I understand the desire to hold a referendum, to talk about the issues we want to talk about in Canada,” Eby said. And that word is treason.”The Financial Times, citing sources familiar with the talks, reports that leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project have met three times with U.S. State Department officials in Washington since April. Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the reported meeting “unacceptable” and “unethical.”“We’re one country and we should all be sticking together. The Alberta independence movement is collecting signatures in an attempt to initiate a referendum on whether Alberta should separate from Canada.