All Things AB Separatism (split fm Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???)
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Balance of power struggle between provincial legislature and the court. Legislature doesn’t like the court constraining what manner of Citizens’ Initiative petition they can authorize.
HavokFour
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In the mean time they can address the Forever Canada petition.
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Seems to be she disagrees with the duty to consult ruling.
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If that's her best response, then this is done and dusted.
Not that I'm surprised coming from the Premier that thought she could grant pardons.
Although I love the call out to Quebec, please help!
I dont think the CAQ want to touch this before the provincial election in the fall.
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Shes being forced to pick a side, forever canada is going to put her to the fire now. Why? Because forever canada when submitted chicked off the box legislative or policy proposal. Not referendum, which means, and this was confirmed in committee yesterday. That this will go to a vote in the legislature as a binding vote. Smith doesnt want that because it will likely reveal the true colours of the UCP
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This is rich coming from the person who has a history of playing fast and loose with the NWC.
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And yet the little check box says she's wrong
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Tell me she’s not a separatist.
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Danielle Smith rejects Alberta judge’s ruling against separation petition as ‘anti-democratic’ | Globalnews.ca
Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting the ruling of an Alberta judge who quashed a separatist petition and says the province will appeal the court ruling.
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She is, and running out of optionsTell me she’s not a separatist.
Danielle Smith rejects Alberta judge’s ruling against separation petition as ‘anti-democratic’ | Globalnews.ca
Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting the ruling of an Alberta judge who quashed a separatist petition and says the province will appeal the court ruling.
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Just to play the devil’s avocado here, I've read elected officials are supposed to represent all of their constituents, not just the people who fully agree with them politically. (e.g MPs crossing the floor).
Could Smith just be ensuring all her constituents have a voice?
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I love it when the Quebec Liberal Party or the Coalition Avenir Quebec decide to listen to all their constituents and decide, ya, lets pull out all the stops and hold referendums for them...
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Brooks-medhat is a very strong separation heart land, its a riding that is very anti-gov, anti vax, etc, its why she chose to run there. However separatism is still a minority not a majority voice there. So what about the rest of the population? Smith gov has shown time and again she doesn't respect the will of the majorty, example Alberta police force, Alberta pension plan, recent polling also suggest only 21% agree with the referendum topics happening on oct 21st
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That’s kind of the double standard I’m pointing out though. We defend MPs crossing the floor by saying they may be representing constituents whose views no longer align with their party.
When Smith even acknowledges separatist sentiment among part of her base, suddenly representing a minority viewpoint is treated as endorsement.
As far as appealing the decision, that seems like SOP. From a common court decision to the Liberal government appealing the SCC's decision their evoking the Emergency powers was unconstitutional.
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She should have used the ‘David Cameron method’ to foment the necessary support…see how well it worked.
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In every other jurisdiction people address separatists sentiment by saying i hear your frustrations and will work to show you how the current arrangement can work, hoping to persuade them to change their mind.
This would be one of the only cases of holding a referendum to "listen" to their constituents. Or it would be if i believed for a second that Smith wasn't in fact a separatist.
She's doing this selfishly to placate a restive part of her own party, to keep them from running off and creating their own oddball party and thus making the NDP the defacfo governing party in alberta, and so she can try to exact concession from Ottawa.
She couldn't care less about the 75 percent of albertans who think that this is a clown show.
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