Canada’s stable, unified democracy at risk from Alberta’s rededicated MAGA disruptors

The feds would be wrong to think that taking action to address Albertans’ claims they are mistreated by Ottawa would make much, if any, difference among separatists.

Underlying the Alberta Brexit push is a similar mélange of anti-progressive, far-right MAGA thinking nourished by U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-co-operative, anti-government, and socially conservative agenda, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

May 13, 2026

OTTAWA—Commenting on the trucker convoys that took place in 2022 in Ottawa and Coutts, Alta., prominent security analyst Wesley Wark said, "I think the history of the Freedom Convoy has really not settled into the Canadian consciousness.”

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