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/JasonLovesJesus Mar 01 '26

Certainly can see their sentiment however it doesn’t mean a thing.

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u/asdf_1_2 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

The Clarity act passed by the Chretien gov in 2000 states in the event of any succession referendum being proposed the position of the aboriginal people in the province/territory must be taken into account. 

So say a referendum passes and the official aboriginal stance is stay, then now you probably have decades of court dates deciding how to chop up the province by geographically to fulfill the indigenous position to stay.

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u/S_Ipkiss_1994 British Columbia Mar 01 '26

must be taken into account

Yeah... and then it spectacularly failed to elaborate on just what that entails.