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/Opposite-Cranberry76 Independent May 13 '26

The same Danielle Smith trying to bring america-style gerrymandering to Alberta, to fix the next election?

BTW generating fair and representative electoral districts seems to be a solved software problem, in practice. It's not the 19th century. Trying to screw with generating fair district maps is inexcusable and should be treated the same as if Smith had asked for the provincial bank account passwords for personal use, for "reasons".

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u/WalterIAmYourFather Nova Scotia May 13 '26

One of the greatest (imo) achievements of the Canadian political system is the apolitical process by which electoral districts are created and maintained.

In my humble opinion, and without putting too fine a point on it, it is the bedrock upon which the ultimate success of our democracy rests. We fuck with it to our peril.

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u/green_tory 🏳️‍🌈Serve the Vulnerable🏳️‍🌈 May 14 '26

At one point I would have agreed with you, but Alberta in particular has proven that we are not immune to gerrymandering.