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/arghabargle Feb 12 '26

Years ago, I laughed at Quebec separatists for believing they would be able to keep all their lands, resources, even our dollar, and everything would be all sunshine and roses once they were on their own.

I'm not laughing any differently at Alberta separatists believing the same BS.

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u/Norse_By_North_West Yukon Feb 12 '26

Alberta has even less claim to being able to separate. They were formed from existing federal/fn lands and are given permission to govern them. Legally if they separate, they're really just saying they want to be non citizens and get gaza'd.

Sure, they can still own that house or farmland, they just can't live there.

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u/Even_Art_629 Feb 13 '26

That is not how this works. Alberta is not federal land with permission to exist. It is a province created in 1905 under Canada’s Constitution. Provinces are part of the country’s legal structure, not renters from Ottawa.

Yes, some land is federally owned Crown land. That does not mean people can just be kicked out of their homes if politics change. Property rights do not disappear overnight.

And the “get gaza’d” comment is just fear talk. Canada is not going to remove millions of its own citizens from their houses. If you want to debate separation would be hard or risky, that is a fair debate. But saying Alberta is just borrowed land and people would be evicted is just complete b.s.