Well, Canada. Well, Prime Minister Mark Carney.

You’ve got to make a choice.

Deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith or tell Smith to take a hike and deal with the Alberta separatists.

“I think we have to accept there’s a lot of anger out there. A lot of anger after the last election. A lot of anger at the way we’ve been treated the last 10 years. There’s a lot of groups organizing to try to do something about it,” says Smith, admitting separatist sentiment in Alberta is growing.

Canadians have to realize they are the ones who fanned the flames of Alberta separatism.

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We’re talking about those Canadians who supported the Trudeau Liberals or the NDP or the Bloc all those years when Prime Minister Sunny Ways went after Alberta time and time again, twisting the old political knife, going after a province churning out cash for the whole country.

Canadians were warned the continued mistreatment of Alberta could push people to a position Canadians would not like. The Liberals were warned.

They were told the score but they dismissed it as noise, not a big deal. Mildly irritating but not damaging.

The government of Canada, the Liberal government of Canada, acted in bad faith every step of the way. They misled the Alberta government.

They didn’t take........

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