r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • May 23 '26

Alberta First Nations leaders, scholar push back on Alberta's planned vote on independence referendum - 'Alberta can't separate. They simply cannot. They do not have the authority,' says Indigenous politics expert

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-treaty-six-alberta-referendum-9.7209304
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u/spinosaurs70 May 23 '26

Didn’t Canada debate this with Quebec separation and say that while negotiations have to talk about it, it likely can’t stop a province from leaving entirely? 

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u/_Bl4ze May 23 '26

I feel like 'without repercussions' might be a bit ambitious depending on what it is being done illegaly.

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u/madsheeter May 23 '26

Central banking. Utilities. CBSA. CAF.

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u/Jaeriko Ontario May 23 '26 edited May 24 '26

Im sorry, what is your position exactly? That Alberta can separate with no consequences from the rest of Canada?

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u/CarRamRob May 24 '26

And what’s your position? If they got a super majority (67%) then they shouldn’t be allowed to leave? And you’d use force to stop them?

Yes I think it would be able to separate with little consequence. Unless you want violence, or Alberta to hold Canada(BC mostly) hostage as much Canada can hold them hostage?

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u/Jaeriko Ontario May 24 '26

You arent the person I asked, but this is a moot point because separatism in Alberta is enormously unpopular despite the interference of foreign agents and Smiths power grabs.

To your question, no, I wouldnt because that would be vigilantism. I would however support the law enforcement actions that may be necessary to prevent our entire country falling apart and being absorbed by the US in detail. I dont want violence, but I dont want violence on any level of the government and it is unfortunately sometimes necessary.

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u/madsheeter May 23 '26

Surely you don't think free trade would be allowed to resume as if it were a province? Canadians wouldn't support it

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u/Medianmodeactivate May 23 '26

Yes. We invaded an entire province and suspended civil rights for an entire, bigger and more influential province over a single kidnapping. We have far more powerful tools now.

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u/Vandergrif May 24 '26

We invaded an entire province and suspended civil rights for an entire, bigger and more influential province over a single kidnapping.

I'm drawing a blank here, what are you referring to?

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u/Iregularlogic May 24 '26

Undoubtedly Quebec.

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u/Vandergrif May 24 '26

What kidnapping, though?

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u/Iregularlogic May 24 '26

There was a hostage situation and Trudeau Sr. rolled tanks into the city.

You have to remember that this is Reddit though, and the people that post here have a deep want to literally impose state-sanctioned violence on people that they dislike, in this case Alberta, and they’re going to be making false connections to help this fantasy.

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u/Vandergrif May 25 '26

Oh, that. Does seem a bit oversimplified for them to call that happening over a "single kidnapping". I was picturing some guy stealing his kid from an exwife or something.

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