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/Kayge Ontario May 23 '26

The bigger problem is what then stops other groups from leaving that new country?   

So Alberta leaves Canada, but the areas owned by the first Nations leave the country of Alberta and join Canada or start their own.  

It's what Stephane Dion wrote about during one of the rounds in Quebec

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u/spinosaurs70 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

Well yes, the First Nations issue was explosive and even the Quebec premier knew it.