DRAYTON VALLEY — Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reportedly spent an entire afternoon introducing Katy Perry to Canada this week, carefully highlighting the country’s history, culture, geography, and values before accidentally concluding the presentation without mentioning Alberta.
Witnesses say Perry first noticed something was missing after Trudeau enthusiastically described Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, the Maritimes, the North, Canadian arts, Canadian diversity, Canadian cuisine, and Canadian identity.
“He was about 45 minutes in when I asked a simple question,” Perry told reporters. “I said, ‘What about that place everybody in the comments section keeps talking about?’”
According to sources, Trudeau immediately froze.
The room reportedly fell silent as aides scrambled to determine if Alberta had, in fact, been mentioned at any point during the presentation.
“We reviewed the entire briefing,” said one staff member. “There was a section on maple syrup. There was a section on canoeing. There was somehow a section on endangered moss. But Alberta wasn’t there.”
Perry allegedly became suspicious after noticing that every Canadian social media post seemed to contain at least one comment mentioning Alberta.
“I’d see a post about hockey and someone would bring up Alberta. I’d see a post about housing and someone would bring up Alberta. I saw a recipe for banana bread and somebody was somehow blaming Ottawa and mentioning Alberta.”
Political analysts say the omission is understandable.
“Historically speaking, forgetting Alberta has become something of a federal tradition,” explained one expert. “Usually it’s accidental. Sometimes it’s strategic. At this point nobody really knows.”
The situation escalated after Perry asked what Alberta was known for.
Sources say Trudeau initially answered “mountains,” prompting immediate objections from both Alberta and British Columbia.
He then answered “oil,” which reportedly caused several environmental consultants to faint.
Finally, after several minutes of deliberation, he settled on “complicated.”
The answer was later approved unanimously by a bipartisan committee of political commentators.
Meanwhile, Alberta residents reacted with little surprise.
“Honestly, this might be the most realistic part of the story,” said one Calgary resident. “At least this time somebody eventually remembered us.”
Another Albertan claimed he knew something was wrong as soon as he heard Trudeau had successfully described Canada in under an hour.
“You can’t explain Canada without Alberta,” he said. “Well, you can. It just usually ends badly.”
At press time, Trudeau had reportedly updated his presentation to include Alberta between British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
Sources say he accidentally skipped Saskatchewan instead.
