PM Carney: US Is Trying to Break Canada as Alberta Weighs Separation

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCanada's prime minister says the United States is trying to break his country so it can own it, as Alberta heads toward a vote on Monday.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMark Carney made the charge Thursday and urged oil-rich Alberta not to start a process toward separation.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe vote is not a direct referendum on independence, so Monday is really a question about whether Alberta wants to begin a conversation about leaving.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA conversation. That's how every breakup starts, Vera, with somebody saying we should talk and somebody else already packing the oil.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNewsmax carried the prime minister's remarks. Whether Washington actually wants any of this is not in the report.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMaybe it's a compliment. Nobody tries to own a country they don't like.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNobody tries to own a country? Vera, that's the whole history of the map.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFor the record, the neighbors have shared a border for a very long time and mostly traded hockey insults.