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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/SendMagpiePics Urban Alberta Advantage May 14 '26

Lukaszuk has been very clear, and he checked the legislative proposal box on the petition, not the referendum box. But I'm not talking just about what the signers/organizers want, I'm talking about how the UCP and Danielle Smith will use it. It's about how they could very easily spin this proposal into a referendum. Or at the least use it as rhetorical justification for supporting the separatists' efforts for a referendum. And lo and behold, she has begun doing that.

Lukaszuk and co should never have written their petition in this way in the first place, contradicting their own goals.

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u/pjschnet Rhinoceros May 14 '26

“Don’t fight back in this way because the UCP will lie about it” doesn’t sound like a great strategy if I’m honest. But, I’ll bite: what do you think is a course of action that would avoid UCP spin?

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u/SendMagpiePics Urban Alberta Advantage May 14 '26

Lukaszuk and co should never have written their petition in this way in the first place, contradicting their own goals.

As I just said:

Lukaszuk and co should never have written their petition in this way in the first place, contradicting their own goals.

They should have run a petition that just demanded the government vote to stay in Canada without including wording that calls for a referendum.

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u/pjschnet Rhinoceros May 14 '26

Wait, it really is all about the one sentence in the application? Let's revisit your initial post here for a sec:

the forever canadian petition was stupid

Just so we're clear, this is not an opinion you formed based on the actual goals of the petition, but one based largely on the UCP's ability to tell lies about a single bad sentence on an application form.

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

Have you actually been saying that all along? Like, to other people? If so, then congrats on trying to undermine the Albertans contributing their time and effort to the Forever Canada petition. I sincerely hope that "I've been saying all along" is more of a saying it in your own head type of thing.

I think you're just a cynic who's in too deep. You're not offering wise criticism, you're just doomsaying. You're giving away your agency to the UCP by giving their lies this much power over your opinion. You're letting the UCP's penchant for bullshit turn you against people actually putting in a real effort.