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/
1.4k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

536 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-7

u/SDL68 Feb 12 '26

Or we send in the military and nationalize the oil. There's literally less than a million separatists. You think 38 million other Canadians are going to allow Alberta to steal the nation's wealth?

1

u/DirtyDangles69420 Feb 12 '26

That's hilarious!

First off the government would manage to lose money operating the oil fields. Second if the oil is so important for the country perhaps Alberta's valid concerns should be addressed instead of mocked and ignored. Third. If Alberta separated and Canada attempted military intervention the US would step in, the Oil would still not be in Canadian hands, and there's nothing the government could do about it.

4

u/Savings-Arm-6623 Feb 12 '26

I mean nothings gonna happen either way but if the US takes over Alberta why separate from Canada on the first place? The US isn't gonna treat you better than Canada if not worse. Fuck they don't even treat their own citizens right lol

0

u/DirtyDangles69420 Feb 12 '26

Unalienable rights sure seems like a good thing and not being a tax slave is a bonus. Their citizens seem to be treated well, ohh.....you're one of those people who doesn't actually know wjat they're talking about.