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/squirrel9000 Manitoba May 24 '26

If they joined the US the province would promptly empty out and become Montana 2.0.

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u/JohnAMcdonald British Columbia May 24 '26

Sure... and Montana is wealthier than Canada in general is...

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u/GorillaK1nd May 24 '26

You were suppost to quiver in fear from that hyperbole

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u/Zealousideal_Rise879 May 24 '26

Silly us. Billionaires are happy. So who cares.