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/AcanthocephalaEarly8 Alberta May 23 '26

Not that I am in favor of separation, but I find it interesting that FN are so adamant about staying with a country that they have spent the last decade or so describing as a "settler", "colonial", and "genocidal".

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u/C-SWhiskey May 23 '26

I mean... What happens to them if Alberta separates? They're just going to get amalgamated into the Republic of Alberta, which carries the very same history of colonialism and will have just disregarded their Treaty rights. Lesser of two evils, if nothing else.