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Elon Musk says Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan 'should separate' from Canada
Tesla CEO comments on post about PQ leader saying Quebec independence 'will be realized one day'
Author of the article:Brian Towie
Published Oct 07, 2026 • Last updated 10 hours ago • 3 minute read
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (C) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence outside the West Wing of the White House in September.
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (C) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence outside the West Wing of the White House in September. Photo by Getty Images
Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan would be better off if they left Canada.
Musk made the remarks on his X social media platform while commenting on a post from Polymarket, an online prediction market platform, that said Quebec premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois, said the dream of Quebec independence “will be realized one day.”
“Good. Quebec should separate,” Musk replied.
In a post shortly thereafter, Musk posted: “Alberta and Saskatchewan should separate too.”
Musk’s Canadian connection, contention
Though born in Pretoria, South Africa, the billionaire and head of SpaceX holds Canadian citizenship. His mother Maye was born in Regina and Musk even moved to Canada in 1989 at age 17, working on a family farm in Saskatchewan and a lumber mill in Vancouver. Musk later moved to Ontario and studied at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Last year, an online petition asking the government to strip Musk of Canadian citizenship became one of the most popular in the history of the House of Commons. The petition accused Musk, then head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, of interfering in Canadian democracy.
“Elon Musk has engaged in activities that go against the national interest of Canada,” said the petition sponsored by former New Democrat MP Charlie Angus. “He has used his wealth and power to influence our elections; he has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty; and the attempts of Elon Musk to attack Canadian sovereignty must be addressed.”
Musk has targeted Canada on social media before. He once said in a now-deleted 2024 post that “Canada is not a real country.”
When U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to make Canada a “51st state” in early 2025, former prime minister Justin Trudeau responded, “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.” Musk then replied to Trudeau, “Girl, you’re not the governor of Canada anymore, so doesn’t matter what you say.”
Quebec separatists have been talking to U.S.: Leaked text
The Parti Quebecois has apparently been rubbing elbows with the U.S. State Department, according to a leaked text from a consul official obtained by Postmedia’s Montreal Gazette. St-Pierre Plamondon had a meeting scheduled in early March that was eventually cancelled.
“Just to confirm, PSPP (Paul St-Pierre Plamondon) did not/not go to Washington this week. No word on our part if/when it may be rescheduled,” Robert Sanders, then U.S. consul general in Montreal, texted a Quebec public official on March 3.
St-Pierre Plamondon has denied the PQ had scheduled a March meeting with the U.S. State Department. “It’s absolutely false to claim that there was an attempt to schedule a meeting or that there was a timetable in March or any specific exchanges beyond that intention, which was public,” he told reporters.
But the source who provided the Gazette with the correspondence allowed them to publish one of the texts after St-Pierre Plamondon’s denial.
“The Parti Québécois considered and publicly announced the possibility of a trip to the United States, but the trip ultimately did not take place,” PQ spokesperson Emmanuel Renaud said in a statement to the Gazette. “The possibility of the trip was mentioned to the consul’s team, but no steps were taken — nor was any contact made with the U.S. administration — to bring the project to fruition. There was no attempt to schedule a meeting nor was there any contact with the U.S. administration to that end.”
— With files from the Montreal Gazette.
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Tesla CEO comments on post about PQ leader saying Quebec independence 'will be realized one day'
Author of the article:Brian Towie
Published Oct 07, 2026 • Last updated 10 hours ago • 3 minute read
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (C) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence outside the West Wing of the White House in September.
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (C) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence outside the West Wing of the White House in September. Photo by Getty Images
Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan would be better off if they left Canada.
Musk made the remarks on his X social media platform while commenting on a post from Polymarket, an online prediction market platform, that said Quebec premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois, said the dream of Quebec independence “will be realized one day.”
“Good. Quebec should separate,” Musk replied.
In a post shortly thereafter, Musk posted: “Alberta and Saskatchewan should separate too.”
Musk’s Canadian connection, contention
Though born in Pretoria, South Africa, the billionaire and head of SpaceX holds Canadian citizenship. His mother Maye was born in Regina and Musk even moved to Canada in 1989 at age 17, working on a family farm in Saskatchewan and a lumber mill in Vancouver. Musk later moved to Ontario and studied at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Last year, an online petition asking the government to strip Musk of Canadian citizenship became one of the most popular in the history of the House of Commons. The petition accused Musk, then head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, of interfering in Canadian democracy.
“Elon Musk has engaged in activities that go against the national interest of Canada,” said the petition sponsored by former New Democrat MP Charlie Angus. “He has used his wealth and power to influence our elections; he has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty; and the attempts of Elon Musk to attack Canadian sovereignty must be addressed.”
Musk has targeted Canada on social media before. He once said in a now-deleted 2024 post that “Canada is not a real country.”
When U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to make Canada a “51st state” in early 2025, former prime minister Justin Trudeau responded, “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.” Musk then replied to Trudeau, “Girl, you’re not the governor of Canada anymore, so doesn’t matter what you say.”
Quebec separatists have been talking to U.S.: Leaked text
The Parti Quebecois has apparently been rubbing elbows with the U.S. State Department, according to a leaked text from a consul official obtained by Postmedia’s Montreal Gazette. St-Pierre Plamondon had a meeting scheduled in early March that was eventually cancelled.
“Just to confirm, PSPP (Paul St-Pierre Plamondon) did not/not go to Washington this week. No word on our part if/when it may be rescheduled,” Robert Sanders, then U.S. consul general in Montreal, texted a Quebec public official on March 3.
St-Pierre Plamondon has denied the PQ had scheduled a March meeting with the U.S. State Department. “It’s absolutely false to claim that there was an attempt to schedule a meeting or that there was a timetable in March or any specific exchanges beyond that intention, which was public,” he told reporters.
But the source who provided the Gazette with the correspondence allowed them to publish one of the texts after St-Pierre Plamondon’s denial.
“The Parti Québécois considered and publicly announced the possibility of a trip to the United States, but the trip ultimately did not take place,” PQ spokesperson Emmanuel Renaud said in a statement to the Gazette. “The possibility of the trip was mentioned to the consul’s team, but no steps were taken — nor was any contact made with the U.S. administration — to bring the project to fruition. There was no attempt to schedule a meeting nor was there any contact with the U.S. administration to that end.”
— With files from the Montreal Gazette.
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Both the premier’s of Alberta and Saskatchewan have come out with an empirical ‘No’ to this Musk noise. Quebec said what again here?
Elon Musk says Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan 'should separate' from Canada
Tesla CEO comments on post about PQ leader saying Quebec independence 'will be realized one day'
Author of the article:Brian Towie
Published Oct 07, 2026 • Last updated 10 hours ago • 3 minute read
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (C) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence outside the West Wing of the White House in September.
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (C) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence outside the West Wing of the White House in September. Photo by Getty Images
Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan would be better off if they left Canada.
Musk made the remarks on his X social media platform while commenting on a post from Polymarket, an online prediction market platform, that said Quebec premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois, said the dream of Quebec independence “will be realized one day.”
“Good. Quebec should separate,” Musk replied.
In a post shortly thereafter, Musk posted: “Alberta and Saskatchewan should separate too.”
Musk’s Canadian connection, contention
Though born in Pretoria, South Africa, the billionaire and head of SpaceX holds Canadian citizenship. His mother Maye was born in Regina and Musk even moved to Canada in 1989 at age 17, working on a family farm in Saskatchewan and a lumber mill in Vancouver. Musk later moved to Ontario and studied at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Last year, an online petition asking the government to strip Musk of Canadian citizenship became one of the most popular in the history of the House of Commons. The petition accused Musk, then head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, of interfering in Canadian democracy.
“Elon Musk has engaged in activities that go against the national interest of Canada,” said the petition sponsored by former New Democrat MP Charlie Angus. “He has used his wealth and power to influence our elections; he has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty; and the attempts of Elon Musk to attack Canadian sovereignty must be addressed.”
Musk has targeted Canada on social media before. He once said in a now-deleted 2024 post that “Canada is not a real country.”
When U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to make Canada a “51st state” in early 2025, former prime minister Justin Trudeau responded, “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.” Musk then replied to Trudeau, “Girl, you’re not the governor of Canada anymore, so doesn’t matter what you say.”
Quebec separatists have been talking to U.S.: Leaked text
The Parti Quebecois has apparently been rubbing elbows with the U.S. State Department, according to a leaked text from a consul official obtained by Postmedia’s Montreal Gazette. St-Pierre Plamondon had a meeting scheduled in early March that was eventually cancelled.
“Just to confirm, PSPP (Paul St-Pierre Plamondon) did not/not go to Washington this week. No word on our part if/when it may be rescheduled,” Robert Sanders, then U.S. consul general in Montreal, texted a Quebec public official on March 3.
St-Pierre Plamondon has denied the PQ had scheduled a March meeting with the U.S. State Department. “It’s absolutely false to claim that there was an attempt to schedule a meeting or that there was a timetable in March or any specific exchanges beyond that intention, which was public,” he told reporters.
But the source who provided the Gazette with the correspondence allowed them to publish one of the texts after St-Pierre Plamondon’s denial.
“The Parti Québécois considered and publicly announced the possibility of a trip to the United States, but the trip ultimately did not take place,” PQ spokesperson Emmanuel Renaud said in a statement to the Gazette. “The possibility of the trip was mentioned to the consul’s team, but no steps were taken — nor was any contact made with the U.S. administration — to bring the project to fruition. There was no attempt to schedule a meeting nor was there any contact with the U.S. administration to that end.”
— With files from the Montreal Gazette.
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Well, like him or love him (I prefer the latter) he's entitled to voice his opinion because that's all it was. Having said that, I'd like to hear why he said what he said. It might be inspiring!!Elon Musk says Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan 'should separate' from Canada
Tesla CEO comments on post about PQ leader saying Quebec independence 'will be realized one day'
Author of the article:Brian Towie
Published Oct 07, 2026 • Last updated 10 hours ago • 3 minute read
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (C) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence outside the West Wing of the White House in September.
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (C) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence outside the West Wing of the White House in September. Photo by Getty Images
Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan would be better off if they left Canada.
Musk made the remarks on his X social media platform while commenting on a post from Polymarket, an online prediction market platform, that said Quebec premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois, said the dream of Quebec independence “will be realized one day.”
“Good. Quebec should separate,” Musk replied.
In a post shortly thereafter, Musk posted: “Alberta and Saskatchewan should separate too.”
Musk’s Canadian connection, contention
Though born in Pretoria, South Africa, the billionaire and head of SpaceX holds Canadian citizenship. His mother Maye was born in Regina and Musk even moved to Canada in 1989 at age 17, working on a family farm in Saskatchewan and a lumber mill in Vancouver. Musk later moved to Ontario and studied at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Last year, an online petition asking the government to strip Musk of Canadian citizenship became one of the most popular in the history of the House of Commons. The petition accused Musk, then head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, of interfering in Canadian democracy.
“Elon Musk has engaged in activities that go against the national interest of Canada,” said the petition sponsored by former New Democrat MP Charlie Angus. “He has used his wealth and power to influence our elections; he has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty; and the attempts of Elon Musk to attack Canadian sovereignty must be addressed.”
Musk has targeted Canada on social media before. He once said in a now-deleted 2024 post that “Canada is not a real country.”
When U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to make Canada a “51st state” in early 2025, former prime minister Justin Trudeau responded, “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.” Musk then replied to Trudeau, “Girl, you’re not the governor of Canada anymore, so doesn’t matter what you say.”
Quebec separatists have been talking to U.S.: Leaked text
The Parti Quebecois has apparently been rubbing elbows with the U.S. State Department, according to a leaked text from a consul official obtained by Postmedia’s Montreal Gazette. St-Pierre Plamondon had a meeting scheduled in early March that was eventually cancelled.
“Just to confirm, PSPP (Paul St-Pierre Plamondon) did not/not go to Washington this week. No word on our part if/when it may be rescheduled,” Robert Sanders, then U.S. consul general in Montreal, texted a Quebec public official on March 3.
St-Pierre Plamondon has denied the PQ had scheduled a March meeting with the U.S. State Department. “It’s absolutely false to claim that there was an attempt to schedule a meeting or that there was a timetable in March or any specific exchanges beyond that intention, which was public,” he told reporters.
But the source who provided the Gazette with the correspondence allowed them to publish one of the texts after St-Pierre Plamondon’s denial.
“The Parti Québécois considered and publicly announced the possibility of a trip to the United States, but the trip ultimately did not take place,” PQ spokesperson Emmanuel Renaud said in a statement to the Gazette. “The possibility of the trip was mentioned to the consul’s team, but no steps were taken — nor was any contact made with the U.S. administration — to bring the project to fruition. There was no attempt to schedule a meeting nor was there any contact with the U.S. administration to that end.”
— With files from the Montreal Gazette.
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Ironically, the Canadian Prime Minister says that this is for Canadians to decide and not outsiders, & Elon Musk is a Canadian citizen and a South African citizen and an American citizen….Well, like him or love him (I prefer the latter) he's entitled to voice his opinion because that's all it was. Having said that, I'd like to hear why he said what he said. It might be inspiring!!
And PM Carney is an Irish citizen , a Canadian citizen and a British citizen , and your point is ?
Exactly, and Carney renounced his British and Irish citizenships, recently, but that’s neither here or there. I’m assuming Carney considers himself a Canadian…based on his comment, so how is Elon Musk less of a Canadian than Mark Carney? Just the irony I’m getting at. Legally, Canadian citizenship is binary—you either are a citizen or you are not. There are no "degrees" or levels of being a citizen based on how many other passports a person holds or what public role they occupy.
