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Originally Posted by WideReceiver
Do natives really own land in Alberta that can prevent separation?
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"Native" is a pretty outdated term. Indigenous is more appropriate. But yes. Treaties 6,7 and 8 cover most of Alberta, with the remaining covered by 4 and 10. Those treaties were made with the Crown, before Canadian independence, and before Alberta as a province existed. Those treaties are still legal agreements to which Alberta has zero rights to end or renegotiate, because they are not a party to them. Any attempt for Alberta to seperate would immediately be challenged in court, and defeated. It's one of the reasons this is all so stupid.
The only way for this to happen is for the Crown and all indigenous treaty parties to agree, or violence and war. Clearly given the lack of respect the UCP has shown them indicates they'd have to be dumber than Trump voters to side with the UCP, and then you still have to get The Crown on side, and probably the rest of Canada, too.