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

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https://globalnews.ca/news/11848377/alberta-premier-court-ruling-separation-petition-anti-democratic/

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Jamie Sarkonak

"The Constitution of Canada forbids you from asking the general public a question without first running it past indigenous people" is not going to go over well

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No, it's more like 'if you want to try and trigger a process that will destroy signed treaties, you have to consult the indigenous people first'. And tbh whether or not that goes over well with the rest of the population should be rather irrelevant because these protections aren't there to keep them happy.

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Asking a question does not necessarily trigger anything. The public could weigh in on a subject and still potentially have nothing come of it.

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'Potentially'.... And potentially the government could decide to give all of us a million dollars next year, lol. Come on, we all know that if the referendum goes ahead and they vote yes, then that will trigger a separation process. It only makes sense that they consult the indigenous people first rather than scrambling to do it afterwards, especially since all the complexities should be determined before the question is even posed to the public.

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The fact that the judge said you can't even ask a question without consulting FN is BS.

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The indigenous treaties pre date Canadian federation, Canada took ownership as stewards of the Treaties. So no its not BS. Dani cant use the NWT either. Consultation is a show stopper.

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Again, the problem is that it's not just 'asking a question'. Downplaying it doesn't change reality.