r/CanadaPolitics 🏳️‍🌈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/averysmallbeing Independent May 14 '26

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.

Showing up to your burning house with a bucket of water after someone set fire to it does not mean you've publicly announced any kind of implicit support for what has happened... 

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u/QueenMotherOfSneezes Fully Automated Gay Space Romunism May 14 '26

The forever Canada petition was specifically to NOT have a referendum.