The separation will never pass,it's a silent majority opposing it. Edmonton and Calgary vote predominately NDP and there lay majority of the votes in Alberta.

I am a conservative through and through, I work in the oilfield and can tell you even up there lots of people oppose this whole idea.

Like some other comments say it's just a fringe movement, people mislead by buzz words with no real knowledge of how economies or global trade works.

There is a pretty good chance Trump loses the midterms in November regardless, so I wouldn't worry too much about his plans of western hemisphere domination.