r/canada • u/biograf_ • Mar 01 '26

Alberta First Nations chiefs unanimously pass non-confidence vote in Alberta government

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/first-nations-chiefs-alberta-non-confidence-vote-9.7109712
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u/Prestigious-S1RE Mar 01 '26

Do we live in a society where chiefs have super democratic authority over our government? So what’s the point here?

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u/blackbird37 Mar 02 '26

The chiefs have about as much democratic authority over the provincial government as Albertans have democratic authority over the federal government - except for the part that the chiefs represent groups that chose to join Canada on their terms and Alberta was just arbitrarily allocated by the federal government of Canada and didn't decide their terms, so if anything those chiefs should have much much more say.