ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agoAlberta, Manitoba premiers spar over treaty rights and separatism at conference conclusionwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up135
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minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoWell yeah; I’m fine if Alberta separates. But they don’t get to take any treaty lands with them.
minus-squareMossheart@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 days agoI’m fine if the separatists leave. But they don’t get to take Alberta with them.
minus-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoAs an Albertan, I’m not fine if Alberta separates. Those Traitors don’t speak for us.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days ago Those Traitors don’t speak for us. Unfortunately they speak louder than you.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoMy point was that they don’t get to take the land with them. Most Albertans would be fine and wouldn’t have to move. But I can’t imagine any vote to separate would succeed anyway; there’s very few Albertans who want to do it.
minus-squareTypotyper@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoHow’s that going to work and be handled. Get a map and look at the treaty land in question. Power, water and access
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days ago. . . And now you’ve got my point. I’ve posted the treaty maps on here multiple times. There’s very little of Alberta that isn’t treaty lands.
Well yeah; I’m fine if Alberta separates.
But they don’t get to take any treaty lands with them.
I’m fine if the separatists leave.
But they don’t get to take Alberta with them.
As an Albertan, I’m not fine if Alberta separates. Those Traitors don’t speak for us.
Unfortunately they speak louder than you.
My point was that they don’t get to take the land with them. Most Albertans would be fine and wouldn’t have to move.
But I can’t imagine any vote to separate would succeed anyway; there’s very few Albertans who want to do it.
How’s that going to work and be handled. Get a map and look at the treaty land in question. Power, water and access
. . . And now you’ve got my point. I’ve posted the treaty maps on here multiple times. There’s very little of Alberta that isn’t treaty lands.