Alberta separatist behind divisive Lets join the USA! billboard [Video]

Highway 2 is the main arterial road connecting north and south Alberta, but now along its shoulder stands a billboard that is dividing Albertans.

The advertisement encourages Albertans to let Premier Danielle Smith know they want to become the 51st state of America.

“Tell Danielle! Let’s join the USA!” the billboard says alongside a photo of the Alberta premier posing with U.S. President Donald Trump at his golf resort in Florida last month.

The sign across the highway from the town of Bowden in central Alberta has the Town’s office fielding calls, including some serious threats of violence.

“The town phones and the email went off the charts,” said Robb Stuart, who grew up in Bowden and has been the mayor for the past 14 years.

He said the community has nothing to do with the sign along the QEII, but is now bearing the brunt of the anger being directed towards it.

“It’s …