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Oct 7, 2026
Carrie TaitGUEST
Who was there, precisely what people were talking about, even where the meetings occurred.
Carrie TaitGUEST
So reporters have been sort of teasing that out over time, and, um, my colleagues and I, um, and credit to Nathan VanderKlippe largely on our reporting out in Washington, was able to learn sort of details that hadn't been r- um, revealed before.
Carrie TaitGUEST
That the separatists were willing to discuss with, um, State Department putting fresh water on the table.
David CommonHOST
Hmm.
Kory TeneyckePANELIST
Hmm
David HerleHOST
... from Kerry Tate, Grant Robertson, and Nathan Vanderklippe at The Globe on Alberta separatists colluding with Trumpers in the US.
David HerleHOST
And the second is Frederick Plaunt's investigative piece in The Star on federal contracts going to American firms despite the government telling us to buy Canadian.
David HerleHOST
And finally, the immortal Mr. Pinsent and R. Hey-Hughes.
18 MINS LATER
David HerleHOST
A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada, while harboring their own aspirations for the province to secede.
David HerleHOST
The Globe also found that when Alberta separatist leaders went to Washington to meet with the US State Department, they offered up key assets from the province's resource portfolio, including access to fresh water and royalties on crude oil in exchange for help transitioning to independence.
David HerleHOST
Through interviews with The Globe on both sides of the border, people involved in politics, the corporate sector, and Alberta's pursuit of separatism have described persistent efforts." That's from something called The Elephant in the Room by Kerry Tate, Grant Robertson, and Nathan VanderKlippe in The Globe and Mail.
David HerleHOST
And Jordan, tell me why I should care about a bunch of wing nut cranks, uh, who, uh, get themselves juiced up and go down and meet with junior Republicans in the States and talk about giving up our water.
Menaka Raman-WilmsHOST
It involves a secret meeting with Republican strategists near an airport hangar, access to Alberta water, and royalties from oil.
Menaka Raman-WilmsHOST
Three Globe reporters uncovered these details: Cary Tate, who's a reporter in The Globe's Calgary bureau, Grant Robertson, an investigative reporter, and Nathan VanderKlippe, an international correspondent.
Menaka Raman-WilmsHOST
Today, we're talking to Cary and Grant, and they'll help us understand what they've learned.
Menaka Raman-WilmsHOST
I'm Maina Krahman Wilms, and this is The Decibel from The Globe and Mail.
15 MINS LATER
Menaka Raman-WilmsHOST
What did you learn about what they put on the table?
Grant RobertsonGUEST
Yeah, the existence of the meetings was known, but what we didn't know was what they talked about.
Grant RobertsonGUEST
And so what we were able to find out in the investigation and what my colleague Nathan Vanderklippe was able to find out about some of these meetings is that they met with US officials at the headquarters of the US State Department, but the separatists have always been very vague about who they met with and what they've talked about.
Grant RobertsonGUEST
Certain ideas were put on the table that the Alberta separatists would give to the Americans in exchange for support for their cause.
Carrie TateGUEST
Who was there, precisely what people were talking about, even where the meetings occurred.
Carrie TateGUEST
So reporters have been sort of teasing that out over time and, um, my colleagues and I, um, and a credit to Nathan VanderKlippe, largely on our reporting out in Washington, was able to learn sort of details that hadn't been re- um, revealed before.
Carrie TateGUEST
That the separatists were willing to discuss with, um, State Department putting fresh water on the table.
David CochraneHOST
Mm.
Courtney TheriaultHOST
It turns out it was the latter.
Courtney TheriaultHOST
She'd been working alongside, uh, Nathan VanderKlippe and Grant Robertson on an exhaustive investigative piece that discovered deeper ties between some key Alberta separatists and American political players.
Courtney TheriaultHOST
So, uh, what to make of, uh, this story? Uh, let's talk about that with, uh, editor for The Globe and Mail opinion section, welcome back to the program, Tyler Dawson.
Courtney TheriaultHOST
How are you doing, sir?