TOI correspondent from Washington: Canada is finding out the hard way why New Delhi is so tetchy about Khalistani capers in “Kannedda.” A growing separatist movement in the country’s oil-rich province of Alberta has ignited a full-blown diplomatic spat with Washington at a time when ties between the United States and its western partners are already strained by trade disputes and defence questions.
At the centre of the storm are revelations that leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), a group campaigning for Alberta’s independence, have held a series of high-level meetings with officials in Washington to discuss breaking away from Canada. APP representatives are reported to have met US State Department officials at least three times in recent months, with a fourth meeting pencilled in for February 2026 that would include the US Treasury Department.
