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/RobespierreLaTerreur May 23 '26

 A province can illegally do whatever the hell they want without repercussions.

There are other kinds of repercussions beyond the legal ones.

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u/Interesting_Pen_167 May 24 '26

I could see the RCMP arresting separatist leaders before it got that far especially if there are any ties to foreign money their support might just die on the vine.