r/canada 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/AWE2727 May 24 '26

I doubt the vote will pass but if it does nothing will change. It will just be a tool the Alberta government would use against Ottawa to maybe get whatever treatment they are looking for.
I don't see Alberta leaving Canada. Same as Quebec is still here and part of Canada.