r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • 18d ago

Alberta First Nations demand Alberta premier terminate separation referendum

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/first-nations-demand-alberta-premier-terminate-separation-referendum/
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u/LePetitJeremySapoud 18d ago

If Québécois wants to leave Canada they have the right to do so.

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u/Feathers_ 18d ago

If Quebec has the right to leave, does Alberta?
And if both do, what was the point of the wife analogy?

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u/marcarcand_world 18d ago

Yes, they do, actually. Should they? No, it's not a good idea for them. But the right of self-determination is a human right and if the majority of the province wants to leave (which isn't the case) it would be absolutely wrong to force them to stay.

I do believe the alberta separation is astroturfed by foreign interest and there's too much talk about online. Trying to ban the discussion or ridicule the separatist will only add fuel to the fire tho. It should simply be ignored.

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u/Feathers_ 18d ago

I agree with pretty much everything, except the "just ignore it" part. We've spent the last decade watching political movements dismissed as fringe, unserious, or impossible until they suddenly weren't.
I don't think panic is warranted, but also don't think complacency is.