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Alberta separatists allegedly offered Washington oil royalties, land and fresh water
With the October 19 referendum days away, a Globe and Mail investigation asks who would benefit if Alberta left Canada.
Summary
A Globe and Mail investigation, as the video explains, reports that leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project met U.S. State Department officials three times in 2025. In January, Michigan Republican strategists flew to Calgary to pitch a voter-targeting tool. Separatist leader Mitch Sylvestre refused to share his supporter list, saying "Not a chance in hell."
The video says David Parker, a veteran organizer of Alberta's right, went ahead anyway with Centurion, an Alberta version of the tool. Its database held names and addresses for 2,957,857 Albertans, close to Elections Alberta's official count of 2,966,192 eligible voters, plus more than 2 million phone numbers. Fake names that Elections Alberta hides in voter lists traced the data to a list given to the Republican Party of Alberta in June 2025.
Dennis Modri, a co-founder of the project, says a written proposal went to U.S. officials last year, offering Pacific pipelines, par conversion into U.S. dollars, possibly a royalty on Alberta crude paid to Washington and water. The video sets that against Ottawa's pipeline designation and a shared call from Carney and Smith that the United States respect Canadian sovereignty.
Key points
- Leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project met U.S. State Department officials three times in 2025.
- The Centurion database held names and addresses for 2,957,857 Albertans; Elections Alberta lists 2,966,192 eligible voters.
- The database also held more than 2 million phone numbers.
- The Alberta Prosperity Project supporter list jumped from 50,000 to 250,000 in 10 days after Carney's April 2025 win.
- Support for Alberta separation has never sustainably passed 30%, the video says.
- The Integrated Threat Assessment Centre flagged the breach in a May 21 brief marked secret Canadian eyes only.
Questions answered
Did Alberta separatists offer the U.S. oil royalties?
Co-founder Dennis Modri says a written proposal went to U.S. officials last year and described it to the Globe and Mail without releasing it. The video says it floated Pacific pipelines, par conversion to U.S. dollars, a possible royalty on Alberta crude, and water. Jeff Wrath calls the document stupid.
How many Albertans' data was exposed in the Centurion database?
The Globe and Mail found names and addresses for 2,957,857 Albertans in the Centurion database through a security hole, the video says. That is nearly identical to Elections Alberta's official list of 2,966,192 eligible voters. The database also held more than 2 million phone numbers.
What did Carney and Smith say about U.S. involvement in Alberta?
Prime Minister Carney and Premier Smith both said the United States must respect Canadian sovereignty, the video reports. It also says U.S. ambassador Pete Hora told the Globe that Alberta's future is for Alberta to decide and that he has zero involvement with 10X Votes in Canada.
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