Alberta was the location of choice for US draft dodgers who fled to Canada. They have a natural synergy with the president on this front. They’re also largely captured by the Oil industry, which is primarily US interest backed. Danielle Smith was quite literally employed as an oil industry lobbyist prior to becoming premier. The Federal conservatives have support from this region, likely because of PP’s alignment with Trump, and the money in the oil industry being in line with Trump. It’s why PP’s sham of a leadership review for his failures as a federal leader, was based on in person votes at a small gathering in an Alberta stronghold. PP’s playbook is practically the same as donalds in the states, with his “Only my plan can save this industry!” sort of dictator authoritarian bullshit.

Most local-born Canadians I know drastically cut all services related to the states after 2025, and have sought out Canadian options wherever possible, and have foregone some things when it’s not. That said, the people I know aren’t necessarily representative of the broader whole. Most major industries don’t care what customers seek anymore, as everything’s been driven to the bottom / driven by ‘scale’ type discussions – it doesn’t matter if you want a “Canadian” Smartphone, Bell, Telus and Rogers can make enough profit just acting as resellers for Google and Apple, so why would they bother trying to listen to the local market?

And to your point about locals v immigrant behaviours – I’ve noticed more of my immigrant friends don’t care as much. Our government boasted under Trudeau, that we have no unifying Canadian national identity, that we were some sort of post national multicultural state. Most immigrants I’ve met in my adult life have basically spoken about how much better things would’ve been for them, had they not left their country – including some women, working basic service jobs, who came from places like Iran where they’d have far fewer freedoms/rights. A lot of them actually look down on Canada, referencing stuff like FN issues, cost of living, etc, while exempting themselves from any atrocities/issues of their home nations (Canadian culture lets that slide). The number of immigrants who I’ve met, especially recently, that’re optimistic/positive about Canada is incredibly small. So why would they care if something is Canadian or not? Hell, a lot of them immigrate to Canada, as it’s thought to make immigrating to the states easier – having the states take over Canada would help them cut out some paperwork.