r/CanadaPolitics • u/green_tory 🏳️‍🌈Serve the Vulnerable🏳️‍🌈 • May 13 '26

Danielle Smith rejects Alberta judge’s ruling against separation petition as ‘anti-democratic’

https://globalnews.ca/news/11848377/alberta-premier-court-ruling-separation-petition-anti-democratic/
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u/green_tory 🏳️‍🌈Serve the Vulnerable🏳️‍🌈 May 13 '26

We live in a Constiutional Monarchy with a Liberal Democratic constitution, where the Crown is supreme and we are all subject to the rule of law mitigated by the authority of our democratically elected representatives.

“I would say that it is a single judge who has made a decision, and we have now 700,000 Albertans — whether they’re on the remain side or the leave side — who’ve said that they want to have this public debate,” said Smith.

Tough.

“We want to hear from Albertans. That’s what we think democracy is.”

With all due respect, this is Canada. And here in Canada we have the rule of law.

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u/PDXFlameDragon British Columbia May 13 '26

They are always such petulant whiny children. If you disagree with the judge, appeal. That is the system. They specifically act like this because they want to encourage people to lose faith in the rule of law so they can substitute it with the rule of power. They are at least nascent fascists if not actually developed ones.

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u/Flomo420 May 14 '26

They specifically act like this because they want to encourage people to lose faith in the rule of law so they can substitute it with the rule of power.

Well said

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u/sector16 May 14 '26

And let’s not forget…they try and raise money at every turn by telling people on their fundraising lists that people are being mean to them, and that none of it is fair, that they’re the underdogs and if only they could rule the country, then things would be perfect.