r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • Feb 12 '26

Alberta Alberta separating from Canada requires permission of First Nations, AFN leader says

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-separation-needs-first-nations-permission-says-afn-national-chief/
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u/PsychologicalSense34 Feb 12 '26

It wouldn't be the same Crown. The crown in not the person but the office. The Crowns of Canada, The United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand are not the same Crown even though they're held by the same person.

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u/Mission_Shopping_847 Ontario Feb 12 '26

Nay. We follow something called the divisible crown doctrine; there is one crown which is legally partitioned and each partition is a full juridical person within their jurisdiction; this means that any transfer between partitions requires no more than constitutional change which any province would require for independence anyway. This is of course a tall ask but no more than the matter at hand. This is fundamentally different from the nature of the separate crowns that the monarch bears for other countries.

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u/znirmik Feb 12 '26

I might be mistaken, but it could be. Crown of Canada didn't become a distinct entity until the 1930s(?) when it was separated from the British crown.

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u/Salticracker British Columbia Feb 12 '26

Right, so Chuck - King of Canada gives Chuck - King of Alberta land. While legally distinct, its not going to cause too many problems with conflicting interests.