The Trump administration rankled Canadian officials Thursday following the admission that representatives of the U.S. government met with a group of separatists pushing for the province of Alberta to secede from the country.
The meeting comes after months of President Donald Trump needling Canada, suggesting that he may push to annex the country and make it into the 51st U.S. state.
British Columbia Premier David Eby on Thursday denounced the meeting, suggesting that the separatists committed an act of “treason” by meeting with the Trump administration.