Why Alberta’s separation from Canada is almost impossible | About That (www.youtube.com)

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Alberta's separatist sentiment has resurged in recent months amid the Trump administration's comments about the province's future, coupled with economic and political tensions with the Canadian government. Andrew Chang explains what it would actually take to grant sovereignty to a Canadian province, and why it's so difficult to achieve.

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[-] Paragone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

People said that what Trump's doing was "impossible".

When you're seeing people who're in the process of removing all the checks+balances, & I'm talking about Trumpites in Canada doing that in Alberta, because they got power, then predicting based on the establishment-framework is bullshit.

Trump's already removed a foreign country's leader, charged him, & then dropped the charges, so now they're trying to come-up-with other charges, from what I've read..

Establishment's "order" is only-convention, at this point.

Trump can annex Alberta with the Trumpites in Alberta, who're in-power, SIGNING AGREEMENT with that & then it'd be a military problem for Canada.

Living in the past's habit is idiotic.

Trump's changing the rules, & the QC separatists are fighting to butcher Canada every bit as much as the Albertan ones are.

With Trump-regime's help, they're a real threat to Canada's viability in the coming All-Americas war, after Trump ditches pretence-of-democracy, & concentrates entirely on his "continental kingdom"/"manifest destiny".

See the thransformation's still-accelerating progression for what it is!

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[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I'd be curious why Quebec separating is possible but Alberta its not?

[-] Encephalotrocity@feddit.online 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nowadays Quebec separating would be as difficult as Alberta's. I'm no historian, but it is my understanding that back when Quebec's referendum occurred the separation could have been enacted by the Federal Government submitting the request to British Parliament which had the authority to grant it at the time.

A couple years later the Constitution Act relinquished all British Authority and based our Constitution in Canada. As it stands in the current Constitution separation is not allowed and as such the video explains all that would be subsequently required to get this to happen.