Premier David Eby made headlines Thursday by saying Alberta separatists reportedly meeting with U.S. officials are committing treason — but experts say the word means different things in different contexts. As for being subject to other laws, like those related to foreign interference, it depends on the conversations being covert. “The activities that we’re talking about, if they’re being discussed in the newspaper, they’re not covert; they’re right there,” she said. “They are trying to work with another foreign power, an unfriendly power to bring about the dismemberment of Canada. Jeff Rath, a lawyer for the Alberta Prosperity Project who attended the meetings with U.S. officials, denied his actions amount to treason or are criminal.