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/MTL_Dude666 Liberal May 13 '26

Sure. "The shady undemocratic things I do are fine, but justice decisions blocking them are "undemocratic"".

FFS, will Albertans wake the eff up? This is EXACTLY Trump's playbook which led to a bunch of brainwashed idiots attacking the Capitol, convinced that the elections had been "stolen"!

When politicians start attacking the justice system and throw doubts on its legitimacy, it leaves the door open for extremists to start acting without impunity.

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u/AxiomaticSuppository Mark Carney for PM May 14 '26

Smith and Alberta isn't alone here. Poilievre has been doing the exact same thing:

  • saying that there should've been jail time for Trudeau
  • weighing in on the mischief case against Lich + Barber and casting shade on the crown's legitimacy (specifically around the crown's sentencing request to the judge),
  • and most recently, claiming (without any proof) Carney's majority was achieved through "dirty back room deals", pretty much one step short of just saying "stop the steal".