Juno News - EXCLUSIVE： Blacked out docs show Carney bracing for Alberta separation legal showdown

00:00:00.000 Blacked-out documents show that Kearney is bracing for an Alberta separation legal showdown.

00:00:05.520 Ottawa is seeking constitutional advice on Alberta independence from a top Crown lawyer,

00:00:10.660 and this lawyer successfully argued in the Supreme Court that Quebec had no unilateral

00:00:14.820 right to leave Canada. Despite the Liberal government downplaying the magnitude of the

00:00:19.320 Alberta independence movement, documents indicate that Ottawa may be making a contingency plan to

00:00:24.600 constitutionally challenge a successful referendum. And possibly at the Supreme Court level

00:00:29.940 by employing arguments of Indigenous rights. So way back before, the court ruled that Quebec could

00:00:35.680 not legally separate from Canada on its own, and that was because the Canadian constitution does

00:00:40.260 not allow it and it could only happen if negotiations took place with all of the

00:00:44.740 provinces and the federal government. The Department of Justice's Senior General Counsel

00:00:49.120 on Constitutional Law stated, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that unilateral succession

00:00:54.920 would be an unlawful act under the constitution and a violation of the Canadian legal order.

00:01:00.900 One email shows a Justice Canada lawyer exchanging pleasantries with Newman, who is the individual

00:01:05.800 that stated the quote I just read. However, everything else in the email is completely

00:01:10.440 blacked out. And this document is from a Freedom of Information and Privacy Act request from True

00:01:15.840 North. As we know, the government is weighing the role of First Nations in any sort of Alberta

00:01:20.960 separation scenario. However, legal experts have stated that First Nations have no legal authority

00:01:26.940 to veto any type of vote. If you'd like to read the full article, visit junonews.com or you can

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Juno News - June 28, 2025