Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Jan 29

My fellow Canadians, if you want to be part of the USA, you can move there freely on your own. I encourage you to do so.

"To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word for that, and that word is treason," said Eby ahead of the meeting.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eby-alberta-separatism-9.7066320

B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is 'treason' | CBC News

British Columbia Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the U.S. administration and seeking financial backing is an act of "treason," as the issue of national sovereignty loomed over a meeting between the premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney Thursday.

CBC
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Reminder: Eby’s day job used to be Crown Prosecutor. He fully understands the legal definition.
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@crispius @chris

I like his strong response, but meeting the definition of treason hinges on whether the US are using "force or violence" here (I don't think they are, at least not yet)

Jan 29 at 8:48pmWeb
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@alessandro @crispius

considering the leader of the USA's propensity to threaten military action of late, I think it can be very easily argued that conspiring with that government is coming very very close to the definition of treason.

Particularly (3): Canadian citizen

(b) commits treason if, while in or out of Canada, he does anything mentioned in subsection (2).

(2)(c) conspires with any person to commit high treason or to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a);

(a) uses force or violence for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Canada or a province;

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-46.html

Criminal Code

Federal laws of Canada