Likely unwanted but still well-meant advice to my fellow Canadians from across the pond (as I have family in Canada myself):

Give a small pause to the usual separatist propaganda, or soon Alberta will become “strategic” to the US. Bald eagles will fly (for some reason screeching like a red-tailed hawk), and the Yankees will come to “liberate” the poor oppressed people of Alberta from the tyrannical reign of the maple syrup mafia. Alberta, Quebec, and others can return to their usual separatist agenda when things are a bit less chaotic south of the border.

The same goes for Scotland as well. I love them, I support their independence. Damn, I may move back to Scotland myself. But given everything happening in the world right now, it’s just not the time.