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Experts say treason definition depends if you’re holding Criminal Code or dictionary
B.C. Premier David Eby labels Alberta separatists' reported U.S. meetings treason, while legal experts say criminal treason requires force or covert intelligence sharing, highlighting legal ambiguities.
- On Thursday, B.C. Premier David Eby said Alberta separatists' reported meeting with U.S. officials amounted to treason, citing a Financial Times report and calling it inappropriate.
- Under the Canadian Criminal Code, treason involves using force to overthrow the government or providing intelligence to foreign officials that threaten Canada's safety, while high treason addresses attacking the monarch or aiding enemies.
- Observers noted the meetings were public and Jeff Rath, lawyer for the Alberta Prosperity Project, denied his actions amount to treason or criminal conduct.
- Whether prosecutions follow depends on covert conversations, experts say, while Stewart Prest, political science lecturer, University of British Columbia, said Eby's 'treason' is blunt political talk, not prosecution.
- Carvin said, `Treason and sedition and other similar offences, or even subversion, they're really tied to the idea of betraying Canada during a time of war,' highlighting their medieval origins, while files from Wolfgang Depner and Dayne Patterson noted some called the meetings treasonous by dictionary definitions.
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Experts say treason definition depends if you're holding the Criminal Code or a dictionary
BC Premier David Eby made headlines Thursday by saying Alberta separatists reportedly meeting with US officials are committing treason — but experts say the word means different things in different contexts.
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Experts say treason definition depends if you’re holding Criminal Code or dictionary
B.C. Premier David Eby made headlines Thursday by saying Alberta separatists reportedly meeting with U.S. officials are committing treason — but experts say the word means different things in different contexts.
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Experts say treason definition depends if you're holding Criminal Code or dictionary
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