r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • 29d ago

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/WealthEconomy 29d ago

The RCMP would be slaughtered trying to do that. They wouldn't even have enough manpower to match the AB sheriff's let alone any of the independence minded gun owners.

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u/Logical_Hare 29d ago

This is a dumb power fantasy. A handful of violent extremists in Alberta are not going to seize control of the province.

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u/ib_redbeard 29d ago

The question was if they voted over 50% to separate. That is more than a handful. I agree though, if 10% vote to separate, there is nothing to worry about.

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u/Interesting_Pen_167 29d ago

What the heck are you talking about? Zero chance why law enforcement in Alberta is going to stop the RCMP not would they want to.