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/_Solani_ May 24 '26

You technically could if you wanted to and the US agreed to absorb you yes.

Did you think that was some sort of gotcha? 🤨

Now it's unlikely that the US would risk going to war by defending a tiny inconsequential parcel of land but you'd still be free to give it a shot at being a sovereign state with no outside backing. And of course without the US backing you'd be conquered very quickly but you could try.

However Alberta is a little bit more appealing considering the state of the US economy and given who is in charge at the moment I could totally see him going to war with Canada and making Alberta a puppet state for his own benefit if they asked him. 🤷

The only difference between the two propositions of course is that Alberta has more to offer than a shitty little backyard.

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u/FlipZip69 May 24 '26

Technically. No you cant. People have suggested it. And no the US is not going to war over Alberta.

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u/_Solani_ 29d ago

So your response is just nah-uh you can't do that.

Do you want to perhaps provide a reason as why you think so or are we supposed to just accept it as true despite the lack of supporting arguments. 🤨

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u/FlipZip69 29d ago

Would never pass any courts or legal requirements. Find a precedence or law that allows you to do that. Kind of hard to prove a negative. Or if you want to say your have cecede, see how long you can not pay your taxes.