No, as the subthread starter points out it is about paid influencers and not about heretical opinions. Bessent and Bannon overtly want the oil and Alberta as a 51st state:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/analysis-alberta-sepa...

The U.S., as you very well know, has a long history of influencing foreign separatist movements for its own benefit. It even has overt organizations like the NED, which had a DOGE defunding theater but is still funded and deleted its detailed activities from its website. There are many other ways of funneling influencer money.

When the Soviet Union did similar things to the U.S., that activity was called "treason", as you also very well know.