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Originally Posted by Roughneck
This is a very incomplete understanding of what that ruling was.
First, it was about a secession referendum, it isn't clearly defined if that would apply to all referendums. If effectively declared that a province can unilaterally secede, provided certain conditions are met (one being that there has to be a clear question, in this case the federal government would have to approve it to be bound by it).
It is also clear that the other provinces are brought in, because that is necessary for a Constitutional change to allow it to happen. For this to kick in, it obligates the feds and the other provinces to negotiate. If the other provinces aren't in the negotiation, you can't have a constitutional change, which again brings us back to the question:what is the referendum trying to achieve?
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The ruling just specifies "a referendum with a clear question and majority voting in favor". That's it. MBates posted a better explanation of this previously than I could give you, I'd suggest looking up his post in this thread or AB politics to clear up your confusion on this issue.