Is a trade war good for separatists?
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Is a trade war good for separatists?

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 28, 202629 min

Putting oil and gas on the bargaining table as the U.S.-Canada trade war heats up would pour gasoline on Alberta’s fall referendum. At least that’s what one separatist leader, Keith Wilson, is arguing. This week we ask Wilson why he thinks the trade war means Albertans should push for a binding referendum on separation in October. After that, journalists Tyler Dawson from the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star’s Richard Warnica weigh in with host Kathleen Petty on some major questions: how will the trade war in...

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bargaining chip of their own. You know, Albertans have been burned many times and there's still a living memory in Alberta of the National Energy Program under Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

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