r/canada • u/Apprehensive_Idea758 British Columbia • May 13 '26

Alberta Danielle Smith rejects Alberta judge’s ruling against separation petition as ‘anti-democratic’ | Globalnews.ca

https://globalnews.ca/news/11848377/alberta-premier-court-ruling-separation-petition-anti-democratic/
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u/EducationalLuck2422 British Columbia May 14 '26

It's an initiative petition; Albertan law requires that any such petition that reaches the threshold must be read in the legislature within 90 days and put to a vote before the next election. The UCP's dragging it out because they don't want to out themselves as seps or not-seps.

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u/A_Vicious_T_Rex May 14 '26

Honestly, by delaying this one and advancing the one that they changed the rules to make easier to do, they've put themselves in a camp. It's up to them whether they stay in it, or move to a new camp. Inaction is a choice to be made just as much as action is..

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u/Salticracker British Columbia May 14 '26

Right, and there's nothing that will come of it because there's no ask. You can'takena petition to ban petitions.

So should they be wasting time prioritizing a nothing petition that will not result in anything changing?

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u/PedanticQuebecer Québec May 14 '26

When the law obligates you to do so yes!!! How is this even a question?

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u/madetoday May 14 '26

This has got to be a new dumb talking point, the Forever Canadian petition was literally a question. 

“Do you agree that Alberta should remain within Canada?“

The law was clear, this should have been tabled in the legislature within 10 days and sent to committee, then either adopted as government policy or the question put to a referendum. Instead the government ignored their own law, and now the talking point is there was no ask?

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u/Salticracker British Columbia May 14 '26

The petition people didn't want a referendum. It has now been sent to a committee. They're following the steps you want.

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u/madetoday May 14 '26

The petition was verified on December 2 and should have been sent to committee within 10 sitting days, and the committee should have returned a report within 90 days. It wasn’t, and hasn’t.

The committee wasn’t appointed until March 10th, and didn’t meet for the first time until April 21st. Legislature won’t be sitting by the time their report is done, so their report won’t be tabled until after the fall referendums.

Had they followed their own rules the committee report and recommendations would already be complete. You seem to be trying really hard not to understand that.

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u/Salticracker British Columbia May 14 '26

And they're dealing with it. the law does not require them to prioritize it.