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Separatist leader Jeff Rath denies negotiations took place, calling the claims a 'lie'. Alberta's premier stated she was unaware of meetings between her party president and US strategists.","category":"Politics","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-06T01:45:45.148Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-06T01:08:28.350Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T01:45:45.148Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":61,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"Central claims attributed to named individuals and a specific report, but key details rely on anonymous sourcing.","critic":"Reporting includes quotes from affected parties and names specific individuals and locations.","hype":"Headlines promise a strong reaction from the Calgary mayor, but the article details are more nuanced."}},"tags":["#AlbertaSeparation","#USPolitics","#CanadianPolitics","#JeromyFarkas","#DanielleSmith"],"entities":["Jeromy Farkas","Jeff Rath","Danielle Smith","The Globe and Mail","Alberta Prosperity Project","Republican operatives"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas accused separatists of 'selling out Alberta' by offering access to provincial assets for US support.","A Globe and Mail report claims separatists discussed offering water and oil royalties to Republican operatives in exchange for help with independence.","Separatist leader Jeff Rath denied negotiations occurred, stating they were sharing aspirations for an independent country.","Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office said she was unaware of meetings between her party president and US strategists."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas has publicly criticised members of the Alberta separatist movement, stating they are \"selling out Alberta\" to the United States. His comments follow a report by The Globe and Mail alleging that separatists offered access to provincial assets, such as water resources and oil royalties, in exchange for US support for their independence cause. Farkas stated that such discussions were not representative of an \"Alberta first\" approach and that the separatists were gambling with the livelihoods of Albertans."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Separatist leader Jeff Rath has denied that any negotiations took place. Rath stated on social media that the claims were a \"lie\" and that the meetings were solely for sharing aspirations for an independent country. The Globe and Mail report also indicated that meetings between Republican operatives and the Alberta Prosperity Project, which included the Alberta Premier's party president, discussed influencing the provincial referendum campaign using voter targeting technology."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on negotiations"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Jeff Rath, a separatist leader, stated that \"negotiating\" with the US State Department did not occur and called the Globe and Mail report a \"fake news piece.\" He asserted that the meetings were for \"sharing the aspirations of hundreds of thousands of Albertans for a lawful process leading to an independent country.\" The Globe and Mail report, however, claimed that separatists offered access to Alberta assets like water and oil royalties in exchange for US support during at least one meeting at the US State Department."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left or centre-rated reports mention any specific figures related to the potential cost or economic impact of separatism, nor do they detail the specific nature of the \"voter targeting technology\" discussed by Republican operatives and the Alberta Prosperity Project. 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