Eastern and western provinces. There is no authority for a province to secede from Canada without a change in the Constitution of Canada, which would require a vote from the rest of the provinces. Alberta UDI would violate the Constitution of Canada and international law. Receipts below.
Grok: Would UDI from Alberta violate the Constitution of Canada and international law?
Response: Yes, a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Alberta would violate the Constitution of Canada and lack support under international law.
Grok: Can Alberta secede from Canada without a change in the Constitution of Canada?
Response: No. Alberta cannot lawfully secede from Canada without an amendment to the Constitution of Canada.
The rest of Canada is not going to vote for Alberta secession in the required Constitutional amendment, that would be ridiculous to believe.
Alberta would also be handing a blank cheque to the federal government and all the provinces for the Committees/Boards and court cases needed for negotiations, 5 to 10 years, all to have the rest of Canada not authorize the Constitutional amendment. It would also keep the Liberals in power for at least another decade.
The face of this movement,though, stands to gain considerably, in the process, regardless the outcome.
@Dexter_FrendLes@BobAllan23@Jes_in_GP In reading this information leaves one to question that Canada is a democracy?
Does this mean in ‘law’ that no province can leave Canada and is chained forever by federation and crown rule?
That we are actually slaves toiling forever for an elite group of oligarchs?
"Do you agree the province of Alberta should cease to be part of Canada to become an independent state?"
Albertans recited this phrase over 301,000 times.
I know this phrase by heart and I, along with many others, will remember it forever. I recited it over 400 times.
In a 4 month window from Jan to April, approximately 5000 Albertans were out in the bitter cold collecting signatures from our fellow citizens who were advocating for change.
Over 301,000 signatures in an Albertan winter. Let's reflect on that for a moment.
Many of us would work all day, then do signature pop-ups after work, hoping to compel others to have the courage to express their democratic right. All those days, nights and weekends we could've just stayed at home but chose to submit ourselves to possible scrutiny, ridicule, insults or worse.
But it turns out, there weren't as many negative interactions as there were positive ones.
There were at least 301,000 positive ones to be exact. And that's just the ones who stopped to sign.
This doesn't include the countless honks, waves, thumbs up, smiles, and people stopping to shake my hand or honestly give me a hug right on the side of the road. I remember choking up when people would stop, get out of their car and shake my hand and/or bring in the hug to say thank you.
Think about that. Total strangers on the side of the road hugging each other and thanking each other for what we're doing. That hit me really hard in the feelers and still does.
Whatever the outcome, we are changing history. The world is watching. They could take away everything and I wouldn't change a thing. I would do it all over again. In an instant.
So for all those signatures, thank you's and hand shakes, bro hugs and big hugs, waves and smiles, honks and heartfelt positivity, it's my time to thank you.
Thank you to every Albertan. Every single one of you. #AlbertaIndependence
@Sassygal1971 A whole bunch of useless mou’s
To countries that will increase shipping, handling, tariffs low quality products. When we have USA shared borders, logistics, geographically common ground and speaks English. Carney has no business mind at all- just break Canada
The USA and Canada share borders- it’s logical and financially and geographically the best country to do most of our trade. Expect prices for goods from other countries will increase due to shipping handling etc. also Where is the Green Practice in carbon footprint with longer routes? What a two faced untrustworthy government
You are?
The Canadian dollar just sunk to the lowest it has been in a year.
Mark Carney made 26 international trips and spent at least 84 days traveling abroad during his first year in office.
He “negotiated” countless Memorandums of Understanding with countries that have been Canada’s trading partners for decades.
Meanwhile…