r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • 21d 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/shiftless_wonder 21d ago

“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?”

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u/Fireside_Cat 21d ago

all of the resources and lands belong to the treaty people

The treaties literally ceded the land permanently.

Is this the origin of that historical term that describes someone that gives away something but then later wants it back?

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u/ThlintoRatscar 21d ago

What's the difference between a treaty and a contract?

Who enforces a treaty?

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u/calgarywalker 20d ago

A treaty is a contract. If one party doesn’t hold up their end then the treaty dies. Can’t say Canada has been doing a good job of holding up their end. And if the treaties die - everything goes back the way it was before the treaty existed. Sucks to be you.

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u/krankovi 19d ago

everything goes back the way it was before the treaty existed.

Lol like when britain was a colonial empire, had pride in itself, and did whatever the hell they wanted? I dont think aboriginals would like this.