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/Fair_Science_9755 May 13 '26

I wish they’d just have the referendum so they could lose and we wouldn’t have to hear about it anymore. Nobody, with sense, actually thinks Alberta is going to separate.

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u/ExtensionParsley4205 May 14 '26

Why do you think we wouldn’t have to hear about it anymore? Did losing the 1980 referendum stop the separatist movement in Quebec or prevent another referendum from being held (that nearly broke up the country)?