@DisobeyTyranny
I don't doubt for a second that the USA cares about natural resources in Alberta. What I am very concerned about is this assumption that the USA actually cares about the rights and freedoms of Albertans.
We don't like the way Canada is running but we are too demoralized/weak/soft/comfortable to actually do what is necessary (like what the Americans did back in the 1770's) As such, I completely understand why some people would prefer the Americans to come and 'liberate' them from the tyranny of the Feds.
Other people think we can have a vote and the tyrants will just accept the result (to me this is even more ridiculous than the American liberation option) How many times has it been said that 'you can't vote your way out of communism'?
The problem is that neither of these solutions seem viable - trading one overlord for another seems like a really bad idea, considering how much more capable Washington is than Ottawa is.
I feel for the MAGA folks - Trump basically abandoned them with this warmongering and failure to deliver on his mass deportation promises. As such I expect the Democrats to win the next election and I definitely don't want them running any part of Canada. AIPAC doesn't care though, they fund both sides.
If we take a serious look at ourselves it becomes clear that we would rather stay comfortable than sacrifice for our childrens' future. It would be so much nicer if we could vote our way to freedom or farm out that task to the Americans. It's still a Darwinian world out there, survival of the fittest. We are not the fittest. We might be the fattest though.