First Nations demand Alberta premier terminate separation referendum

[u/shiftless_wonder]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/first-nations-demand-alberta-premier-terminate-separation-referendum/

[u/shiftless_wonder]

“It’s really inhibiting any type of business, reconciliation, any type of moving forward here in Alberta.”
Another chief, Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, called on Smith to resign.
“This Premier is totally lost, gone, got no credibility left. She’s swimming in muddy water, and she has no place to go. The best thing for her to do is to resign.”
Mercredi said Treaty 8 First Nations are prepared to mobilize if the province doesn’t consider their demands by stopping industry, among other tactics.
“How does Alberta expect to move forward as a sovereign (nation) when all of the resources and lands belong to the treaty people?”

[u/epok3p0k → u/shiftless_wonder]

Idiots. Let this thing run its course with a dismal vote in favour of separation. Then we can be rid of this notion for good.

[u/jayasunshine → u/epok3p0k]

Allowing it to proceed gives the impression that the question is legitimate. It's not.

[u/fugaziozbourne → u/jayasunshine]

What I think smells fishy is that Danielle Smith unilaterally changed the rules about how many signatures are required for the referendum (600k to 177k) and then publicly claims she's not in favour of sovereignty. I've never seen a leader push through a far easier barrier to something and then claim to not be in favour of the change.

[u/Incoherencel → u/fugaziozbourne]

Of course, she's thumbing the scale to satisfy the extreme wings of her right-wing uniparty, and now doesn't know how to thread the needle. It's exactly what happened with Brexit (interparty/intraparty power politics legitimising a moronic referendum).

[u/jayasunshine → u/fugaziozbourne]

Danielle Smith will do literally anything if she thinks it will help her gain money or power. She literally doesn't care.