How Quebec Separatists Win Poses New Challenge for Carney Amid Trump Trade War

Polling from 338Canada on Sept. 20 showed 74% of Albertans wish to remain in Canada.

Carney’s government has meanwhile sought to court support in Alberta through new business proposals, including a high-speed rail line that would connect Calgary to Edmonton via Red Deer, linking Alberta’s two largest cities, and the Pacific Link oil pipeline project, which would carry crude oil from Bruderheim, Alberta, to a deep-water port near Delta, British Columbia.

“That’s the scale of what Alberta and Canada can achieve—and the speed with which we can achieve it–when we work together,” Carney said on Oct. 1, announcing that Canada will fast-track the approval process for the pipeline. “And we will build together—with Alberta, British Columbia, and every province and territory—in the true spirit of cooperative federalism, harnessing the full force of a united Canada.”

But experts say Carney must strike a careful balance, with efforts to address separatist discontent in Alberta potentially influencing perceptions elsewhere, particularly in Quebec.