Federal Government

At the time, the federal government was shut down after President Donald Trump refused to sign a congressional spending bill.

Federal workers cannot strike because if they strike, they can be fired, and they could also never be rehired by the federal government.

That wider sentiment has pushed Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who leads the United Conservative Party, to strike her own path in trade talks with the US, while other provincial leaders and the federal government have co-ordinated their efforts closely.

In October, Mr Musk pledged to cut "at least $2 trillion" from the federal government budget.

And then there's Elon Musk, the wealthy weirdo nobody in America voted for, to whom Trump gave the keys to the federal government and told him he could fire anyone he wanted to.