Indigenous chiefs challenge Premier Smith over separatism remarks
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 1:21 pm
First Nations leaders have leveled serious accusations against Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, claiming her recent legislative proposals are intended to manufacture a national unity crisis. The chiefs demand that she immediately cease stoking separatist sentiments, igniting a fierce political debate across the province.
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Alberta independence is now a hot-button issue as Premier Danielle Smith prepares to speak with Prime Minister Mark Carney on whether Ottawa will stop giving Alberta the shaft
Activists would need signatures from a reduced fraction of Albertans to force a referendum, thanks to a new UCP bill. But to actually win separation, they must climb a much higher wall (and most oppose the idea).
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is deflecting accusations that she's stoking the fires of separatism, despite her government moving to lower the bar for holding a referendum.
All the major factors shout NO to Abexit, just as they did to Brexit — and yet the British cataclysm happened
The chiefs warned Smith that Alberta, as a province, was preceded by treaties that Indigenous communities signed with the Crown
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Premier Danielle Smith has said it would be up to Albertans, not her government, to put the separation question on a ballot.
Two First Nations chiefs are accusing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of “attempting to manufacture a national unity crisis” and are calling on her to stop stoking the fires of separatism. Smith’s government has proposed legislation that would make it easier for citizens to call for a referendum on…
EDMONTON - Two First Nations chiefs are accusing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of "attempting to manufacture a national unity crisis" and are calling on her to stop stoking the fires of separatism.
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