Some even see dangerous parallels between American efforts to inflame Alberta separatism and the Russian campaign to gin up a separatist movement in eastern Ukraine a decade ago. An Alberta separatist group has been speaking openly about meetings with the U.S. State Department. 's premier called the Alberta separatist meetings in Washington "treason," Smith said she would not "demonize or marginalize a million of my fellow citizens when they've got legitimate grievances." Cross Country Checkup is asking: How worried are you about the Alberta separatist threat? History suggests it can be difficult to resist a determined effort by a superpower in conjunction with a small, but real, separatist movement.
