King Charles III used a significant speech in Canada’s parliament on Tuesday to underscore the country’s sovereignty following pressure from US President Donald Trump.

The king’s whirlwind visit to Canada is widely considered by royal watchers to be a symbolic rebuke of President Trump’s 51st-state threats.

None of that is stopping anti-Ottawa sentiment that has existed for decades from curdling into anti-Canada convictions. “We don’t have anything in common with anybody east of Saskatchewan,” says Alton Wood, referring to the prairie province to Alberta’s immediate east.