Alberta judge tosses out petition for province to separate from Canada

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ER Editor: Aboriginal land claims are the latest ‘thing’ for western Canada. In other words, key land areas, claimed by indigenous groups, were never ceded to the federal government going back in history. For a key land area, think the City of Vancouver for starters, and other municipalities (news report from two days ago as an example). Do residents there actually OWN their property, or do particular indigenous tribes (there are several) have claims over entire swaths of land? What does this mean for private property rights?

Curiously, this was never a thing when we lived there ourselves for so many years. We believe, in the mass orchestration of events that we are living through currently, this topic has deliberately been reared to educate the public as to some historical realities, and especially to wake up the normies who blindly believe the ‘white man is bad’ type of narrative. British Columbia is an enormous province; a lot of land is up for grabs, suddenly. Things look different when your home and life savings are at stake.

Now in Alberta, over the separation petition, which garnered almost double the signatures needed to proceed by May 2, a judge has ruled in favour of indigenous land claims to have the petition thrown out. 

Grab the popcorn.

We don’t trust Danielle Smith as far as we can throw her, but she seems to want to support petitioners’ rights. We sense life may get very difficult for her —

In Alberta a single judge has just basically tossed out the separatist petition of over 300,000 signatures. Danelle Smith says that they will be appealing it as she believes there has been “an error in law” and it’s anti-democratic.
This is going to get ugly. pic.twitter.com/rFuKWuXeMp

— Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 (@ryangerritsen) May 13, 2026

Should the judge be up for question? —

🚨 BREAKING

A judge just quashed Alberta’s independence petition.

300,000 Albertans signed it

Justice Leonard ruled the petition “should never have been issued.”

Here’s what you need to know about Justice Leonard:

She was appointed by Trudeau’s Justice Minister David… pic.twitter.com/qUFDLXG24i

— Mario Zelaya (@mario4thenorth) May 14, 2026

Here’s Smith addressing the topic more fully —

This is interesting. The citizen referendum was not the correct mechanism, but there is another way as per lawyer Keith Wilson (original tweet) —

Petition was Quashed…Not the Separation Referendum

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He told the BBC that his group would seek to appeal, and is also considering asking the courts to place a stay on Justice Leonard’s order.

A lawyer for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation praised the judge’s ruling as “a significant victory for the rule of law and the protection of constitutional rights in Alberta”.

“Justice Leonard’s decision today makes it clear that it was unlawful to turn away from the findings about the impacts on First Nations and to not consult with them before taking this perilous step of holding a referendum,” said Kevin Hille.

‘We have more in common with America than the rest of Canada’

Speaking to the BBC, Hille added that the order “made it clear that there needs to be consultation and engagement before something as momentous and perilous as an independence referendum”.

“An international border would destroy their way of life,” he said, adding: “There’s no way they’d be able to live the way of life that they’ve lived for the last 7,000 years.”

In Canadian law, there is a duty to consult with indigenous peoples when the government is considering actions that could infringe on their aboriginal or treaty rights. Laws also require that the consultation be meaningful and done in good-faith.

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