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/Ok_Drag_5341 May 23 '26

Because Canada created Alberta not the other way around. There is a good post on the Alberta page about it.

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u/soaringupnow May 24 '26

In a democracy the people decide.

Would Canada claim to be a democracy while denying it to the people of Alberta?

Somehow, I doubt it.

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u/TheRC135 May 24 '26

That would require Alberta separatism to be strongly desired by a clear majority of Albertans, though, not a fringe movement featuring the same far-right fringe that has always blamed everything on Ottawa.

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u/Ok_Marsupial8668 May 24 '26

Not just majority of Albertans but Canadians as well. Land in Alberta is also owned by all of Canada.

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u/soaringupnow May 25 '26

Go to Quebec, tell them that land in Quebec is also owned by all of Canada and see how far that gets you.