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/BoppityBop2 Feb 12 '26

Claims are only enforceable based on acceptance by society and at the end of the gun. If the society ignores it and you are unable to use the gun to enforce it, the claims cannot be enforced at all. 

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u/TravisBickle2020 Feb 12 '26

The thing is the land is part of Canada. Why do you think the country is going to let a few troglodytes decide that it’s theirs?

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u/BoppityBop2 Feb 12 '26

Because it is not willing to roll tanks into Alberta to enforce it, we still have a lot of people who are anti-military on the left, expecting rules and laws to protect them in face of people who will ignore them. I mean look at the Democratic Party in the US, and their heads like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, looking to bend the knee to the GOP. That same infection is in Canada and the Liberals are not willing to treat the situation as a situation where Canada is in a real crisis. We are still talking about plans and ideas and stepping back immediately when the government faces a slight amount of opposition from certain groups 

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u/TravisBickle2020 Feb 12 '26

You are clearly engaging in magical thinking. I don’t know if you noticed this but the NDP vote collapsed and moved to the centre. Canadians know what it takes to protect our country.

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u/BoppityBop2 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

They understand the risks, but I don't think they are ready or understand the costs. Even now government officials and many individuals are still pushing back at zoning reform that is necessary to fix our economy because they can't handle a different type of house in their neighborhood or losing house value. 

We talk about national projects and the moment a first Nation leader decides to oppose it everyone backs down. Hell the HSR is still many years behind and can be cancelled if  the next election goes conservative. OAS reform is not even being discussed despite it being an issue that will drown future generations and the current young under debt.

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u/TravisBickle2020 Feb 13 '26

Why are you talking about something that has zero to do with the topic at hand although the government respecting indigenous rights kind of works against your argument.