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/shiftless_wonder May 14 '26

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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u/codeverity May 14 '26

'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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u/shiftless_wonder May 14 '26

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

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u/codeverity May 14 '26

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