Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) suggested the United States should make Alberta its “51st state” if the oil-rich province breaks away from Canada, jumping on President Donald Trump’s repeated tease of the nation’s northern neighbor.

The House Republican floated the prospect during an interview on Newsmax’s National Report Monday morning while defending Trump’s aggressive approach toward Canada and other U.S. allies.

“Well, look, the fact of the matter is Alberta is talking about seceding from Canada,” the lawmaker said, adding: “We should make it the 51st state. Tremendous oil reserves there.”

Harris had earlier praised Trump for challenging what he described as an “unlevel playing field” between the U.S. and NATO allies and other countries, casting the president’s trade war with Canada as part of the same push.

His remarks came one day after Trump ratcheted up that dispute, demanding that Canadian companies move their headquarters and production operations to the United States if they want to escape his administration’s incoming tariffs.

[Albertans are due to vote October 19 on whether the province should remain part of Canada or proceed toward a later, binding referendum on independence.]

  • 🇨🇦GreenBeard🇨🇦@lemmy.ca
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    We already know they won’t make us a state. They’ll make us a territory, with no rights and no ownership of our own resources. The separatists are literally trying to sell our children into slavery. This Albertan was born Canadian, and will die Canadian. By whatever means are necessary.

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    It’s been the plan since the beginning.

    We know the US is involved in the separatist trash by funding it, interfering in our politics, as well as propagating a disinformation campaign in their media to portray Canada as an enemy on both sides of the border.

    We are at war and the US is the enemy.

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    Same dumb fucks who fantasize about fighting a civil war can’t figure out why in BC we acknowledge “unceded” territories.

    Also 100% of the funding for First Nations things like free education etc comes from the money we originally paid them for the lands. The Fuck Trudeau/Carney chuds all think their taxes pay for it. Nope.

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      Alberta “separates”, treaty Nations determine individually whether to become their own nation-state or remain in Canada, absorbed by the provinces of BC and SK.

      The independence movement loses by ceding all land and resource rights to First Nations, Canada loses because Saskatchewan is no longer a rectangle.

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    That’s why Danny went there. Hey guys all pieces are in place, Referendum 1 is rigged so that #2 gets held and then I will rug that. Alberta is all yours, now give me my money.