Alberta First Nations, Preston Manning and Separatism

Update: Harper and Mossad's propaganda outlets claim that "Legal experts agree First Nations can’t block Alberta separation." Oh really? Their lawyer says. Their lawyer is not a judge. That's their lawyer's argument which simply is not true. 

“There is nothing I’m aware of that would suggest that First Nations people could prevent those discussions from taking place,” said Dehaas. “Even where treaties exist within Canada, the law is clear: that it is the Crown [that] is sovereign and holds underlying title to all of the land.” Alberta is not the crown!

The treaties are with the government of Canada who represents the crown. The treaties are not with the government of Alberta they're with the government of Canada. If Alberta separates from Canada they separate from the crown just like Ireland did. So Harper and Mossad's propaganda outlets are lying again. They have an agenda and that agenda is not to make you free. 

The case law Harper and Mossad's lawyer cited states that

82 "Consistent with this long tradition of respect for minorities, which is at least as old as Canada itself, the framers of the Constitution Act, 1982  included in s. 35 explicit protection for existing aboriginal and treaty rights, and in s. 25, a non-derogation clause in favour of the rights of aboriginal peoples."

84  "The secession of a province from Canada must be considered, in legal terms, to require an amendment to the Constitution, which perforce requires negotiation."

Then in 155 it concludes I don't know. 

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Evidently the new Alberta separatism has really upset the Alberta First Nations. They claim Alberta separation would be a violation of their treaty rights. That means they could indeed have a veto on that proposal. 

We often see the vocal minority is indeed a vocal minority. I personally think if a referendum in Alberta is conducted we will see the same thing we saw in Quebec. They don't have 51%. They have less than 49%. That doesn't mean those feelings aren't real. It means we should discuss what's fueling those feelings. If all the First Nations in Alberta voted against Alberta separation, then they have far less than 49%.

I've already made a podcast about Alberta separation. I hope they choose to stay. Yet there is definitely a split within Alberta conservatives. Many Alberta conservatives are federalists. That means an overall referendum would indeed be far less than 50% so we do need to talk about what is fueling extremism.

Preston Manning used to be the man. He created the Reform party based on fiscal responsibility and those ideas swept the west. The east saw it as a separatist party so they didn't buy in. Yet it wasn't. It was much more than that. 

Preston Manning gave a pivotal speech challenging us to look beyond the left and right. He said instead we should look at issues not linear stereotypes. He coined the phrase unite the bright. Then a typo called it unite the right and they ran with it and in so doing, they lost their original values. 

Brian Mulroney was a right wing tax and spend globalist. He was not a Conservative. Brian Mulroney was the reason the Reform Party was created. Since the Reform party was unable to form government without Ontario, Quebec and eastern Canada, Preston Manning merged back with Mulroney's fake conservatives just so Harper could get elected and Harper became a fake Conservative. 

Preston Manning has preached unite the right ever since. He dropped the ball and became a sell out. He doesn't talk about looking beyond the left and right any more. Now he blindly endorses the right with no regard for the original ideals of the Reform Party. That is inherently disappointing.

When you go far right you lose the conservative values and become globalist. Merging with right wing globalists is a bad idea. It is a far better idea to merge with freedom fighters who are left of centre than corporate communists who are far right. 

Preston Manning now claims that Ly'n Brian Mulroney was a good guy. He is rewriting history to push his own bad agenda.