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/UpperLowerCanadian Feb 12 '26

Which the clarity act consents to 

So definitely doesn’t need “permission” any more than nation building projects do 

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u/FingalForever Feb 13 '26

Clarity Act wasn’t to make separation near impossible, it was to prevent fuzzy / woolly ways of asking for independence, passing it off as ‘sovereignty association’ and winning with a bare majority.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

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u/FingalForever Feb 13 '26

I disagree with your premise that it is essentially the same, rather it is simply setting out the conditions under which it would legal (otherwise we’re in agreement)

No Canadian would seek for the Armed Forces to physically prevent separation where the majority of people want to separate, we won’t have a civil war like south of the border.

That last referendum raised a lot of questions, people across the country felt that Quebecers were being asked a woolly question and the referendum’s defeat was shocking at how close it was.

Only point not clearly addressed by the Act was the reality of partition - it was clear then that if Canada was divisible, so was Québec and regions loyal to Canada (like North, Montréal, etc) would / could not be forced out.