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[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Can someone give me a brief synopsis? I'm going there this summer and want the background before possibly chatting with locals.

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[–] garth@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Alberta is Canada's Texas. It has a substantial population of populist conservatives that look and sound a lot like the US Republican base.

In recent weeks some Alberta separatists reportedly met with the Trump administration. Presumably, Trump and his followers are considering supporting their ambitions to split off from Canada.

The Freedom Convoy started as a group of truckers who demonstrated against COVID restrictions. Their actions quickly grew into a larger conservative anti-vaccine and anti-government protest.