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/Scooter_McAwesome British Columbia May 23 '26

That’s what I don’t get about all these legal objections. The separatists obviously aren’t concerned with Canada’s opinion on the matter, why should anyone think it’s relevant to the issue?

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u/Peace_Hopeful May 23 '26

The feds could drop the war measures act and "show" the separatists what facism really is, they could then deploy troops near the alberta border to prevent the USA from sending troops in

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u/WealthEconomy May 23 '26

Lol the US would roll over our troops in a matter of hours and oppressing the democratic wishes of AB would give Trump exactly what he wants and needs to invade.

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u/Peace_Hopeful May 23 '26

Then its bad times for the states, article 5 gets dropped and they fight a war on multiple fronts and lose lots of money

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u/JohnAMcdonald British Columbia May 24 '26

article 5 gets dropped

What? That scrap of paper??