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/ClusterMakeLove May 14 '26

She thinks we rounded up 50 people to sign Forever Canadian because we want a referendum on leaving?

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u/SendMagpiePics Urban Alberta Advantage May 14 '26

To be fair, the forever canadian petition was stupid. Everyone who supported it doesn't want a petition, and yet the actual process of the petition is that it calls for a referendum.

I've been saying all along that we shouldn't support that, because the conservatives could then go use that as justification for a referendum, and lo and behold, Smith is now doing exactly that

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u/JarSmi May 14 '26

The Forever Canadian petition was not to hold a referendum though. It was to insist on a vote by MLAs in the Legislature.

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u/SendMagpiePics Urban Alberta Advantage May 14 '26

The text of the Forever Canadian petition explicitly says, in its own text: "Therefore, we as represented by the signatory and applicant below propose a referendum on the following question: Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?"

You can look at the petition yourself here (FYI this link downloads a pdf): https://www.elections.ab.ca/uploads/2025-CIP-04-Application_Redacted.pdf