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The Province of Alberta has been used as a piggy bank by the Canadian Government for a long time. When Alberta complained about it, the Government basically told them to shut up and keep sending Ottawa all of their tax money. Finally, people had enough of the tyrants in Ottawa and decided to vote themselves off the island. Here are the details from Fox News<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n Separatists in Alberta declared they now have enough signatures to trigger a vote on the province leaving Canada<\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n The Stay Free Alberta group said Monday it formally submitted almost 302,000 signatures after needing 178,000 names to force the province to consider such a ballot measure<\/a>. The question of separation could go on a province-wide ballot as early as October, as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said she would move forward if enough names\u00a0are\u00a0gathered and verified.<\/b><\/p>\n “This day is historic in Alberta history,” Mitch Sylvestre, the head of Stay Free Alberta, said Monday as he arrived at the Elections Alberta office in Edmonton\u00a0leading a convoy of seven trucks to deliver the names. “It\u2019s the first step to the next step \u2014 we\u2019ve gotten by Round 3, and now we\u2019re in the Stanley Cup final.”\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n I\u2019ve been aware of Alberta\u2019s looking into seceding for a few months. I know that President Trump has said he would be happy to admit Alberta int the United States as the 51st<\/sup> State. I seriously doubt that would happen. However, if Alberta does actually vote to pull out, it\u2019s going to blow a major hole in Canada, and not just geographically.<\/p>\n Alberta is a province that is rich in resources including oil. Those resources have been essentially confiscated by the Canadian government for years with noting returned to the province. There have been any number of complaints, however, as I understand it, the response from the previous and current administrations can be summed up as \u201cShut up and hand over the money.\u201d<\/p>\n Danielle Smith has said she personally does not support the oil-rich province leaving Canada, but she has accused\u00a0previous\u00a0federal Liberal governments of introducing legislation that hamstrings Alberta\u2019s ability to produce and export oil, which she said has cost the province billions of dollars, and noted that she\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0want the federal government\u00a0meddling\u00a0in provincial issues, according to The Associated Press.<\/b><\/p>\n Meddling is putting it mildly. The previous administration under Castro\u2019s Bastard, Justin Trudeau, absolutely ignored anything the central provinces wanted. From what I can tell, he had no understanding of the province or the people living there and pretty much didn\u2019t care. The current administration under the World Economic Forum front man, Prime Minister Mark Careny, is not much better.<\/p>\n A “yes” vote would not trigger independence automatically, as negotiations with the federal government would have to take place.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n No, it wouldn\u2019t. I actually asked Grok about this<\/a> and while it is technically possible, it\u2019s not easy.<\/p>\n Practical Steps a Province Would Likely Follow<\/strong><\/p>\n While no province has ever seceded, the general pathway would be:<\/b><\/p>\n I think the last part, international recognition, won\u2019t be that much of a problem, especially with President Trump. While he has talked about Alberta becoming a State or a Territory, what would probably happen would be formal recognition of the nation of Alberta and some trade deals benefiting both Alberta and the United States. I could even see some sort of defense agreement with a pointed comment to Ottawa to just wave good bye.<\/p>\n Daniel\u00a0B\u00e9land, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal, told the AP that despite the independence effort, liberal Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/a> “is indeed popular, even in Alberta.”<\/b><\/p>\n I can\u2019t comment on that at all. I honestly don\u2019t know how he stands with the general population. Since Canada uses the parliamentarian system, he\u2019s basically the leader of the party that holds the majority of seats in Parliament. It\u2019s the same deal with Britain\u2019s Keir Starmer. In Starmer\u2019s case, he\u2019s pretty much toast politically.<\/p>\n “The push for independence by some Albertans predates his prime\u00a0ministership, and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0related to economic, fiscal, and political grievances about the\u00a0seemingly unfair\u00a0treatment of Alberta by the federal government,”\u00a0B\u00e9land\u00a0said. “These concerns increased during the Justin Trudeau<\/a>\u00a0years, but they have peaked and even declined since he left office.”<\/b><\/p>\n B\u00e9land added that\u00a0some Indigenous groups that are already using the courts to prevent an independence referendum would use venues including the courts to stop independence from happening.<\/b><\/p>\n The petition for a referendum could face a hurdle this week as an Edmonton judge is expected to rule on a court challenge by Alberta First Nations, who say separation would violate treaty rights.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n That could blow up quite badly, and potentially, literally. While I don\u2019t have any idea how popular the idea of Alberta seceding is, if some judge decides to shut down the whole process, well, bad things could happen. While Canadians have a tradition of being polite and law abiding, eventually a point is reached when people say enough.<\/p>\n The people in Alberta do tend to think more like Midwestern Americans than the coastal Canadians. That includes being more independent minded and more of the \u201cDo what you want, just leave me alone\u201d mindset that most Americans have when it comes to politics and the world.<\/p>\n If some judge says \u201cNope! No referendum for you!\u201d I could see something bad happening to that very same judge and to the people trying to shut down the referendum through the courts instead of through the ballot box and trying to convince the majority not to secede. As it is, there is a fair chance that the vote would go against secession. I think a wise judge would simply decide that letting the political process work would be the best way to go.<\/p>\n Even if the people voted to secede, it would still take a lot of other things to happen before they finally left Canada. Again, according to Grok<\/a>:<\/p>\n No province can force secession unilaterally or by simple majority vote. Attempts to do so (e.g., via provincial legislation declaring independence) would be unconstitutional. Other provinces and the federal government have a veto in negotiations and the amendment process. Practical barriers are enormous: economic disruption, trade, supply chains, military bases, passports, currency, and international relations.<\/b><\/p>\n Now on the other hand, if the referendum were to pass and by a significant majority, say 70% or more in favor, it would be tough for Ottawa and the other provinces to deny them, especially provinces such as Saskatchewan, Manitoba the Northwest Territories and potentially Yukon. If Alberta were to vote in favor, then there is a chance these others might decide to pull out as well, and possibly join Alberta in forming a new nation. As for the rest of us in the United States? We\u2019re just going to do what we always do and ignore what is happening.<\/p>\n And of course a judge has decided to play tyrant. I just saw this as I was getting ready to post. Some judge has decided that since no one asked the permission of the “Indigenous People,” (What we used to call Indians), the referendum will not be allowed to proceed. Here are a few details from Yahoo News<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n
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