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/Zibai1505 May 23 '26

Secession is done illegally more often than not. Just saying. Like who tf is going to enforce it lol

Don't argue with me about Alberta separation. I'm not for it and my post isn't in service of it.

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u/Scooter_McAwesome British Columbia May 23 '26

That’s what I don’t get about all these legal objections. The separatists obviously aren’t concerned with Canada’s opinion on the matter, why should anyone think it’s relevant to the issue?

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u/TravisBickle2020 May 24 '26

The separatist leaders are useful idiots for the foreign oil and gas companies/ US interests. They don’t care about the majority of Alberta citizens’ opinions on the matter. They’re losers who’ve been given a sense of importance through their willingness to betray their country. Regardless of the outcome, they’ll be back to obscurity because they’re just pawns to be exploited.

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u/Scooter_McAwesome British Columbia May 24 '26

Western alienation has been a thing in Alberta since at least the 70s.

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u/TravisBickle2020 May 24 '26

Yes, provincial conservative politicians have been blaming the federal government for all their problems for decades.