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Judge quashes Alberta separation petition in favour of First Nations
global news canada ^ | 05 13 2026 | Jason Franson

Posted on 05/13/2026 4:33:14 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

An Alberta judge has quashed a separatist petition, saying the provincial government had a duty to consult with First Nations.

Justice Shaina Leonard says the petition should never have been issued.

Lawyers for several Alberta First Nations had argued the province’s referendum process and its use by separatists are unconstitutional, as there’s no requirement for Indigenous consultation.

They also said separation would violate treaty rights.

Lawyers for the province defended the process and pushed for the separatist petition to play out.

The separatist group Stay Free Alberta handed in its petition last week and boasted that it had nearly 302,000 names — well above its 178,000 requirement.

SNIP

(Excerpt) Read more at globalnews.ca ...


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alberta; canada; independence; separation; stoogejudge; thehotelalberta
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1 posted on 05/13/2026 4:33:14 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen
Don't the aboriginals consider themselves a sovereign nation?

That being the case, if they feel they need to be considered, the reverse should be true on what ever they decide to do.

2 posted on 05/13/2026 4:36:22 PM PDT by llevrok (Voter apathy wins elections for liberals.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Consult the first nations? Another reason why the U.S. does not want any canuk province as a member of the United States.


3 posted on 05/13/2026 4:36:38 PM PDT by Lion Den Dan ( )
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To: yesthatjallen

If there is no provision for indian consultation, then there is no grounds to rule it unconstitutional. The same holds true for treaty rights.

indians make up shit as they please.


4 posted on 05/13/2026 4:37:17 PM PDT by Glennb51
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To: yesthatjallen

Welcome to the Hotel California....................


5 posted on 05/13/2026 4:43:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Glennb51

“Indians make up “sh**” as they please. That’s why they can kill eagles for the feathers. But if I shoot one, it’s 10 years in prison.


6 posted on 05/13/2026 4:48:43 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: yesthatjallen

Leave and deport the judge ,LOL


7 posted on 05/13/2026 4:53:19 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Sacajaweau

Too true


8 posted on 05/13/2026 4:54:11 PM PDT by Glennb51
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To: yesthatjallen

Several years ago, I had a friend who was 1/4 Indian...his tribe was somewhere in Maine. He and his very interesting wife had just divorced. She was, as I recall, even more Indian than he was and taught classes at local university. He told me all kinds of things I never knew about tribal Indians, interesting and often sad. i.e. when the come of age (18?) they come into several thousand dollars from the US government. They buy trucks and drink the rest.

Tribal people run all the casinos in the area too, make tons of $$$. I went to casinos here with friend, Yes, certain machines are programmed to pay more. I found one the first time I played any of them. It kept paying and paying and......


9 posted on 05/13/2026 4:54:36 PM PDT by Veto! ((Trump is Superman))
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To: yesthatjallen

Canaduh being ruled by the their Injuns might easily be an improvement over the carney barker....


10 posted on 05/13/2026 4:54:48 PM PDT by Paladin2 ( YMMV)
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To: Glennb51

“indians make up shit as they please”

So do leftist judges. Alberta never had a snowballs chance in Hell at getting freed from their east coast tyranny.


11 posted on 05/13/2026 4:56:42 PM PDT by redfreedom (The Forth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: yesthatjallen

File a laches defense.


12 posted on 05/13/2026 5:00:21 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: Sacajaweau

As a Caucasian, you may not even possess a feather you found.


13 posted on 05/13/2026 5:03:57 PM PDT by Glennb51
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To: kvanbrunt2

Good tactic in the U.S., but alas in Canada ya can’t file one unless the statutory limitation period has expired.


14 posted on 05/13/2026 5:04:44 PM PDT by Blueflag (To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Dated a full blooded Native American lady that was the most politically INCORRECT person. Besides her name, she liked to call herself Squaw. She liked others to call her Squaw.

One day, we were coming back from the Caribbean, so the Customs and baggage process took a while. We became separated amidst A LOT of people. So, I started yelling, not too loud, HEY SQUAW! People didn’t like it too much. They especially didn’t like it when she answered “Here I am, Honey” laughing and smiling the entire time.


15 posted on 05/13/2026 5:07:23 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Glennb51

And yet wind turbine farms get to kill them willy-nilly, under federal incidental taking permit.

So much for the 14th Amendment.


16 posted on 05/13/2026 5:08:56 PM PDT by Blueflag (To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
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To: yesthatjallen

They can always choose our way for independence in 1776.


17 posted on 05/13/2026 5:11:39 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: yesthatjallen

Ignore the black robed pinhead. Ignore the leader of the inferior warriors.


18 posted on 05/13/2026 5:12:44 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (There will be a celebration in January 2025, either with champagne or with “hardware)
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To: yesthatjallen

“Ce n’est pas termine’!”
(This is not over!) Alberta responds to The Man.


19 posted on 05/13/2026 5:15:34 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: yesthatjallen

So the indigenous tribes consider themselves autonomous...until it doesn’t work for them?
Sounds like US Dhimmicraps...


20 posted on 05/13/2026 5:29:07 PM PDT by PubliusMM (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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