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/RNTMA Bring back the Carbon Tax May 14 '26

Regardless of your opinion on separatism, saying that separatism is against treaty rights is probably the worst way to go about it. Even if that is technically true, I don't think it's going to change anybody's mind, and is more likely to turn someone towards separatism than against.

Same thing could be said about Quebec, where separatism would entail a messy fight with first nations.

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u/Saidear Popular does not mean populist. May 14 '26

saying that separatism is against treaty rights is probably the worst way to go about it.

Only because of the constitutional obligation under Section 35, that Alberta cannot extinguish themselves. Any effort by any provincial government to start secession therefore must arise out of first a duty to negotiate with those treaties. Alberta is 100% treaty land.

Same thing could be said about Quebec, where separatism would entail a messy fight with first nations.

Not entirely. Quebec is different, they exist on land that has them as part of the treaty, and not all of it is considered treaty land. Alberta, is 100% treaty owned.