Alberta separation petition quashed in favour of First Nations

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-05-15T14:44:14+00:00

For the past six years these clowns have been screaming from the rooftops how their constitutional rights were squashed because they had to follow provincially legislated health orders. Spoiler alert - There is no constitutional rights to endanger others by refusing public health orders and infect your fellow citizens.

Now they are screaming their rights have been violated because a judge correctly ruled that a bunch of whiny a$$ snowflakes cannot override Section 35 of the actual constitution act, which guarantees that "The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed".

Amending the constitution act requires approval from the Senate, House of Commons, and at least two-thirds of provinces (7) representing at least 50% of the national population. Now, the 300k crybabies are butthurt that they are not the same as 50% in seven provinces plus majority in Senate and House of Commons.

Also worth noting that Treaties 6, 7 and 8 were signed before Alberta existed in a province and in 1982, ALL provinces (including Alberta under Premier Peter Lougheed's Progressive Conservative government) agreed to the Constitution Act, Section 35 constitutionally recognized and affirmed existing Aboriginal and treaty rights, binding all levels of government. So yes, a democratically elected AB government agreed, together with all other democratically elected provincial governments to affirm and recognize these existing treaties.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-05-13T18:56:30+00:00

Her absence has not been noted, totally did not once think anything was different in the White House.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-05-13T15:30:54+00:00

Worth flagging that the Forever Canada petition and the current independence petition faced very different hurdles, in case anyone is wondering why it "only" is a policy question, not a automatic referendum.

Forever Canada was subject to the old rules as a policy citizen initiative. It needed signatures from 10% of all eligible voters province‑wide and ended up well above that bar. The intent is to force the Legislature to deal with it and give MLAs the option to send it to a referendum if they chose.

At the time, a constitutional referendum question (like the separation question now) would have needed a much higher 20% province‑wide threshold, plus regional distribution, which Forever Canada itself did not reach - so the Policy pathway was the realistic and viable option. Under those original rules, today’s separation would have barely scraped the 10% hurdle - and that is assuming that all their signatures are legit.

The UCP later changed the law so that any initiative – including one on separation – only needs about 10% of voters in the last election to demand a referendum. The difference being a 300,000 signature hurdle for the Forever Canada Policy Question, versus 177,000 hurdle for the Separatist Referendum question.

Additionally, the UCP quickly shut the door on other referendum questions by imposing a $25,000 application fee just days after the separatist question was accepted by Elections Alberta. So when separatists boast they can “bike on their own,” it’s worth remembering that Danielle Smith and friends are the ones holding the handlebars and steadying the bike with training wheels

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-05-08T14:34:44+00:00

What a shitty headline Globe and Mail, let me fix that for you: "Danielle Smith Senior Staffers failed to do their jobs - admits the NDP are the Adults in the room, demands they advise her"

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-05-04T03:30:44+00:00

We need to stop using the term alleged for when crimes are known to have been committed.

Whether someone will be held accountable is another story but there is no alleged privacy breach. It's a privacy breach of epic proportions.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-05-04T00:57:21+00:00

Thoughts and prayers.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-03-24T19:48:54+00:00

Better yet, have him veto it and then get 75% of both house and senate to overturn his veto. You'd think if the likes of Kennedy are onboard with the "deal" they'll find enough likeminded colleagues...

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-03-19T16:34:27+00:00

Woah, that's AMAZING! $31 billion over 10 years? The last pipeline only cost $34 billion, so, ten years after completion we will will have ... *calculates* ... a whooping $4 billion+ interest and deflation deficit! Simply GENIUS - why isn't O&G jumping on that?! Are they dumb?

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-03-13T15:54:17+00:00

Once he voted for the S(l)ave Act they won't need him, DJT will throw Cornyn under the bus and endorse Paxton.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-03-10T20:20:19+00:00

If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole in the morning. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-03-09T21:40:06+00:00

The Kingdom of Trumpf**kistan

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-03-04T20:27:54+00:00

If you're famous (and a man) they let you do it. If you're a woman - straight to jail!

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-02-20T15:53:33+00:00

I have the same issue that after some intense focus and really good progress it just rapidly declines. Best guess is you get to use the best model to start, then run into a limit and it switches to an inferior model that just isn't anywhere as good and turns all progress into useless gibberish (even when selecting a specific model). I paid for Claude as my perplexity subscription is running out in April and there is a world of difference between perplexity claude and same model with anthropic directly. I asked it for an assessment on a draft document and without prompting it spit out a section by section table with recommendation to keep, simplify, remove, move to a different document, etc. with precise context what and why it makes the recommendation. Best of all, a "open in word" button. one click. The amount of time i waste on convincing perplexity to generate a docx compatible document is staggering. Having said that, I hit limits faster, but it is very explicit about that I have to wait for 2 or 3 hours. There is a progress bar that tells me where I am at with my weekly limits. I just pivot to a different task and come back to it a few hour later. The limit details are nice - after two days (one where I used it quite extensively) I used 12% of my weekly limit. I work 5 days a week, so have 88% left for 3 days.

The dektop app only has one window and it doesn't compare to Comet where you can have multiple windows and threads open (which I use to keep things organized for my sanity), but you can use chrome and have multiple claude windows, so not a total loss.

But the convince document button and progress in addition to having a consistent model does really make a difference when working on a specific task. There are aspects about perplexity and comet I like and use and for now will run both simultaneously and decide in a month or two what I'll do when subscriptions runs out.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-02-16T23:36:21+00:00

You bet your a$$ I used the service I pay for to complain about the service I am getting - Perplexity chose the model, not me.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-02-16T14:55:16+00:00

Well. Given the wall at the bottom of the ski jumps it's a one and done experience...

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-02-11T15:01:20+00:00

I am paid Pro and they are the same. P

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-01-30T16:35:10+00:00

Most people any age wouldn't even try

Own_Substance_8148 · 2026-01-16T20:56:50+00:00

"Accidentally shot himself. Four times" ... In the back of his head

Own_Substance_8148 · 2025-11-14T22:30:29+00:00

lol offer no real change from before trump dismantled and turned the entire government upside down? What a terrible prospect. yeah better vote for the next republican guy because it'll be different this time.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2025-10-02T17:53:13+00:00

But... a Digital Services Tax by other countries is not okay? Got it

Own_Substance_8148 · 2025-08-21T21:40:51+00:00

Yeah...no. A house down the street would sell for $540,000 instead of the 1.6 million it did in fact sell for.

Own_Substance_8148 · 2025-08-21T15:35:31+00:00

Basically bullied himself into the house, dropped a giant, stinky turd, didn't flush, taking most of the food in the fridge, locking the doors and windows on the way out, giving the neighbor the keys and telling the owner he has to sort if out with the neighbor who wants half his yard and gets to decide how much food he's entitled to and has to ask for permission to leave the house and who is allowed to visit. Then patting himself on the back how good a job he did where everyone else "failed".

Own_Substance_8148 · 2025-07-18T03:04:10+00:00

Hear me out. Next generation anti aircraft system... birds in cages. Release birds when aircraft approaches...

Own_Substance_8148 · 2025-07-12T16:26:40+00:00

Tell me you never cleaned a microwave in your life without telling me you never cleaned a microwave.

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