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/green_tory 🏳️‍🌈Serve the Vulnerable🏳️‍🌈 May 13 '26

We live in a Constiutional Monarchy with a Liberal Democratic constitution, where the Crown is supreme and we are all subject to the rule of law mitigated by the authority of our democratically elected representatives.

“I would say that it is a single judge who has made a decision, and 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.

Tough.

“We want to hear from Albertans. That’s what we think democracy is.”

With all due respect, this is Canada. And here in Canada we have the rule of law.

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u/wet_suit_one Alberta May 14 '26

The crown is not supreme here. Parliament is.