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

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCanada's prime minister, Mark Carney, says the United States is trying to break Canada so it can own it, and he wants Alberta to stay out of Monday's vote.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe vote is not a direct vote on independence, but it could start a process toward it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorJoining us is Bartholomew Strand, inmate forty thousand seven hundred eighteen, calling from a minimum-security prison. Bartholomew, what do you make of this?

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   Bartholomew StrandVera, thanks for having me. This is a fence dispute, plain and simple.

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   Bartholomew StrandAllegedly, a friend of mine once handled a fence dispute, and I know how these go.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo you're saying Alberta is the fence?

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   Bartholomew StrandAlberta is the grass, Vera. Everybody wants the grass.

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   Bartholomew StrandI have a map here, drawn on a commissary menu, and the grass is clearly on both sides.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCarney is saying a neighbor wants to own the country. Do you think that's true, or is it a compliment, like I said earlier?

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    Bartholomew StrandAllegedly, a friend of mine moved a fence six feet one night, and the neighbor took it personally. Very personally.

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    Bartholomew StrandThere was a lawn chair involved, and it was mine.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYour friend's lawn chair.

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    Bartholomew StrandA hypothetical friend's lawn chair. But my point stands. If you want to leave, you tell the neighbor first, in daylight, with paperwork.

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