Alberta Separatists Discover Treaties Were Signed Before Clipboards Were Invented
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has asked the Alberta government an awkward but apparently necessary question: “Before you leave Canada, could you check who else is already on the lease?”
In a statement of claim filed Monday, SLCN says Alberta’s approval of a separatist petition violates Treaty 8, an agreement signed long before Alberta existed and, notably, before anyone started asking referendum questions on clipboards outside Canadian Tires.
The Alberta Prosperity Project’s proposed question – asking whether Alberta should “cease to be a part of Canada” – was approved by chief electoral officer Gordon McClure shortly before Christmas, a festive season traditionally reserved for goodwill, reflection, and light constitutional secession.
SLCN is seeking an urgent injunction to halt the petition, arguing Alberta has no authority to renegotiate treaty relationships it never owned in the first place. The filing gently reminds the province that treaties are binding agreements, not unsubscribe buttons.
At press time, Alberta was reportedly reviewing the claim while quietly Googling “Can you separate from Canada if the treaties say no.”
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