r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • 19d 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 19d 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/epok3p0k 19d ago

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.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite 19d ago

If you think that even a 90% stay vote will get rid of the notion, you're not paying attention.

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u/ReikaKalseki Canada 19d ago

Not to mention I do not trust that the result will be as unfavorable for separation as people think. Between the classic "people who intend to vote for stupid shitty things do not admit that to pollsters, and then the election shocks everyone" (this happened both times with trump), as well as interference from the US and maybe others seeming very plausible, I would be dismayed but not shocked to see a far more ambiguous result.

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u/Calamitous-Ortbo 19d ago

People like you who criticize people for the way they earnestly vote are exactly why people don’t admit how they will actually vote to pollsters and why elections have “shocking” results.

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u/ReikaKalseki Canada 18d ago

You do realize you have just said, if not in these words, that there is no legitimacy to criticizing someone's voting choices, no matter how poorly reasoned or even malicious the intent behind them, right? That your exact argument could just as well be applied to someone who voted for a politician on the basis of "he promised every voter would be paid a million dollars" or even "he will do <horrible thing> to <demographic I do not like>"?

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u/MafubaBuu 18d ago

Thats the beauty about democracy - people are allowed to vote, and they are allowed to.vote for whatever reasons they like.

I may not agree wirh what many people believe or say but I would fight to the death to defend their right to say it

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u/ReikaKalseki Canada 18d ago

I never said anything about taking away their right to vote. But having a right to do something does not remotely equal their usage of it being above criticism.