Pamela Morgan Hanuse

@JeffreyRWRath That’s not what the SCC said. A referendum alone does not separate a province, but the Court did not say Indigenous or Treaty rights are irrelevant. Any real secession process would still have to respect constitutional rights, including Aboriginal and Treaty rights.

OFFICIAL NOTICE STAY FREE ALBERTA! TO ALL OF OUR HARD WORKING CANVASSERS AND PETITION SIGNERS! TODAY - we have filed a Notice of Appeal of the Decision of Justice Leonard to take away your democratic rights to petition your government. On Tuesday we will be filing an application at the Court of Appeal for a stay of the decision of Justice Leonard. A major ground of Appeal is that there is no obligation to consult First Nations where no rights are infringed. THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA made it clear that no rights are impacted by an Independence Referendum even in the context of a YES vote. If no rights are infringed or impacted there is no duty to consult! In any event, the Court confirmed @ABDanielleSmith HAS THE POWER to call your question under s. 1 of the Referendum Act whether a petition is certified or not. Danielle Smith has been served with a statutory declaration attesting to the 301,620 Albertans demanding a Clarity Act compliant referendum question on Independence. Please email premier@ab.gov.ca and encourage Premier Smith to do her job. Please go to Unitedconservativ.ca and buy a membership. It’s time to remind Danielle Smith who she works for.

@TheRiversEdgeAB This post mixes up citizens’ rights with the Crown’s legal duties. Citizens do not have to consult First Nations. The duty to consult belongs to government when its actions may affect Treaty rights.

According to THIS New Brunswick Born... Trudeau Appointed LIBERAL... Mark Carney LIBERAL Judge... ALL CITIZENS MUST CONSULT THE FIRST NATIONS in order to Petition Their Own Elected Government to even ask a Fucking Question? THIS JUDGE just overthrew the entire Democratic Process of Citizen Petitions - to Cater to 5 Tides Foundation BRIBED, Environmental ACTIVIST, First Nations "CHIEFS"...

@atrupar “Vegan,” “mask,” and “six genders” are not policy critiques. It is just culture-war word salad because they would rather mock people than talk about health care, wages, corruption, or democracy.

Q: Who are you going to endorse in the Texas Senate race? TRUMP: I'm looking at it. I think the Democrats have a weird, weird candidate. Six genders, a real hit on Jesus. This guy is bad news, with his mask from relatively recently. He was a vegan.

@rccola1962 @david_parker is a tool. He's Canadian, but talks like Alberta is already foreign. “America backing us” is not strength; it shows separatists know they cannot win under Canadian law.

They’re not even hiding it anymore. #Not51

@cspotweet Smith’s “700,000 Albertans” claim is misleading. About 302K signed the separation petition, while 404,293 signed the Forever Canadian petition to stay in Canada. That’s not 700K for separation, it’s both sides. Maybe consult First Nations next time.

Premier Smith says it shouldn't be up to a single, unelected Trudeau-appointed judge should overrule the 700K Albertans who want a separation referendum. She also suggests she would appeal this all the way to the Supreme Court.

@sarobertson_ The duty to consult is not automatic just because Alberta is the Crown, but it can apply when Crown action may affect Treaty rights. The court found this referendum process did trigger consultation because it set legal steps toward possible secession in motion.

David Cochrane: The [Alberta] government could try to move ahead with this referendum. They would still have to meet the threshold of the duty of consult Jeff Rath: No, they don't, sir. You don't understand the law! Cochrane: They're the Crown Rath: They do not have to consult

@sarobertson_ That claim needs evidence. Some Indigenous or environmental projects may receive charitable grants, but that does not prove First Nations are “foreign funded” or controlled by billionaires. The court issue was about Treaty rights and Alberta’s duty to consult, not outside money.

Jeff Rath: "I'm sure that the First Nations, because they're being funded by the Tides Foundation and funded by George Soros and funded by foreign money, will fight every single step of the way because they have billionaires backing them."

@Parental_OnX @cspotweet That’s exactly what the court disagreed with. The issue wasn’t just the final act of separation, it was that approving the petition triggered a legal chain toward a binding referendum. If that process may affect Treaty rights, consultation can’t be pushed until afterward.

@PamMorganHanuse @cspotweet Except a referrendum doesn't affect Aboriginal or Treaty rights in any way. Only the possible things AFTER a referrendum would, at which time they would then be consulted or it would be invalid.

BREAKING: Premier Danielle Smith says that while her government supports Alberta staying in Canada, she will be appealing a court decision that quashed a possible separatist petition/referendum.

@Parental_OnX @cspotweet Also, modern duty-to-consult law became much clearer after Quebec’s referendum, especially in Haida Nation in 2004. That case confirmed the Crown must consult Indigenous peoples when government action may affect Aboriginal or Treaty rights.

@Parental_OnX @cspotweet The Quebec Secession Reference did not say there is “zero duty” to consult First Nations before any referendum. Alberta’s case is different because the court found the referendum process was already a legal step toward possible secession that could affect Treaty rights.

@Parental_OnX @cspotweet Section 35 recognizes and affirms existing Aboriginal and treaty rights. Governments cannot simply ignore or unilaterally extinguish those rights. If government action may affect them, constitutional duties like consultation matter.

@Parental_OnX @cspotweet A referendum is not “just a poll” when it is an official process to trigger constitutional change. Albertans can have opinions, but governments still have constitutional duties. Treaty rights do not silence voters; they limit what Alberta can do without proper consultation.

@Parental_OnX @cspotweet Albertans can be heard, but democracy does not override First Nations’ treaty rights. The ruling was not about silencing debate; it was about saying Alberta cannot treat consultation as optional in a separation process.

@cspotweet Honestly am very proud of her for this decision. Regardless if you support it or not, there IS a genuine large number of Albertans who deserve a chance and right to be heard and it simply is how Democracy SHOULD work.

If 300,000 people want to separate so badly, they can move. What they cannot do is pretend democracy means overriding First Nations, treaty rights, and the rule of law.

Calling the ruling “anti-democratic” is political spin, not proven fact. Justice Leonard found Alberta failed to consult First Nations before moving forward with a separation petition. Constitutional rights are not optional.

@atrupar Pointing out that a project went from $200M to $400M isn't "dumb"—it’s basic math. Doubling the size to justify doubling the price doesn't make it "under budget." The cost still ballooned, and gaslighting the reporter won't change the price tag.

TRUMP: We have a ballroom that's under budget. It's going up right here. I've doubled the size of it because we obviously need that. REPORTER: The price doubled TRUMP: I doubled the size of it, you dumb person. You are not a smart person.

@atrupar “Kept me out of jail” should be a confession, not a job reference.

Trump: "We have a man who is doing a great job. I knew it! Because he kept me out of jail for years. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. He kept me out of jail."

@Acyn Thank you, Trump, for clarifying that “sea” means the sea. We were all very confused.

Trump: Drugs coming by sea meaning coming by water. A lot of people don’t know what I mean by sea. They think I mean vision. I’m talking about sea like the sea.

@JeffreyRWRath Act for Alberta — launched by Rebel News to promote Alberta independence — commissioned a poll that conveniently supports Alberta independence. Wow. What are the odds.

These numbers are completely unsurprising. Rank and file First Nations members are sick and tired of the corrupt federal status quo. Ottawa is not their friend.

@Kidar182 @Garnet_2203 A pro-independence group claims its commissioned poll found 46% support among First Nations respondents, but without full subgroup methodology, that should not be presented as “46% of First Nations in Alberta support leaving Canada.

Watch us. Quebec say's hold my beer. Yes we can separate also our first nations are polling higher than we're. Think about what your dumb ass is constantly say'in we have the right to enter federation but can't leave it? Good luck. We've already had retired supreme court justices as advisors. Also fuck off you're from Ontario why the hell do you keep meddling in our politics. I don't give a literal shit about what happens over there.

If you could read Eric and understood Canadian history and politics, Alberta is not becoming the “51st state.” This is political fantasy designed to farm outrage and division. You cannot simply separate a province because a loud group collected signatures. It would trigger constitutional chaos, federal negotiations, Indigenous treaty rights issues, economic uncertainty, debt division, currency questions, border issues, pensions, trade agreements, and years of court battles. And let’s be very clear: First Nations treaties were signed with the Crown and Canada not with a breakaway province trying to join another country. Indigenous rights and treaty obligations alone make this vastly more complicated than these separatists pretend. Most Albertans do not want to leave Canada. People are frustrated with affordability, politics, and Ottawa at times but frustration is not the same thing as wanting to destroy Confederation. Canada isn’t breaking apart because a few extremists on X say so.