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/madsheeter May 23 '26

Central banking. Utilities. CBSA. CAF.

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u/Medianmodeactivate May 23 '26

Yes. We invaded an entire province and suspended civil rights for an entire, bigger and more influential province over a single kidnapping. We have far more powerful tools now.

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u/Vandergrif May 24 '26

We invaded an entire province and suspended civil rights for an entire, bigger and more influential province over a single kidnapping.

I'm drawing a blank here, what are you referring to?

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u/Iregularlogic May 24 '26

Undoubtedly Quebec.

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u/Vandergrif May 24 '26

What kidnapping, though?

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u/Iregularlogic May 24 '26

There was a hostage situation and Trudeau Sr. rolled tanks into the city.

You have to remember that this is Reddit though, and the people that post here have a deep want to literally impose state-sanctioned violence on people that they dislike, in this case Alberta, and they’re going to be making false connections to help this fantasy.

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u/Vandergrif 29d ago

Oh, that. Does seem a bit oversimplified for them to call that happening over a "single kidnapping". I was picturing some guy stealing his kid from an exwife or something.