EXCLUSIVE： Blacked out docs show Carney bracing for Alberta separation legal showdown
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Blacked-out documents show that Justice Ministererence McKenna is bracing for an Alberta separation legal showdown. Despite the Liberal government downplaying the magnitude of the Alberta independence movement, documents indicate that Ottawa may be making a contingency plan to challenge a successful referendum and possibly at the Supreme Court level by employing arguments of Indigenous rights.
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Blacked-out documents show that Kearney is bracing for an Alberta separation legal showdown.
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Ottawa is seeking constitutional advice on Alberta independence from a top Crown lawyer,
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and this lawyer successfully argued in the Supreme Court that Quebec had no unilateral
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right to leave Canada. Despite the Liberal government downplaying the magnitude of the
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Alberta independence movement, documents indicate that Ottawa may be making a contingency plan to
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constitutionally challenge a successful referendum. And possibly at the Supreme Court level
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by employing arguments of Indigenous rights. So way back before, the court ruled that Quebec could
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not legally separate from Canada on its own, and that was because the Canadian constitution does
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not allow it and it could only happen if negotiations took place with all of the
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provinces and the federal government. The Department of Justice's Senior General Counsel
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on Constitutional Law stated, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that unilateral succession
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would be an unlawful act under the constitution and a violation of the Canadian legal order.
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One email shows a Justice Canada lawyer exchanging pleasantries with Newman, who is the individual
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that stated the quote I just read. However, everything else in the email is completely
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blacked out. And this document is from a Freedom of Information and Privacy Act request from True
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North. As we know, the government is weighing the role of First Nations in any sort of Alberta
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separation scenario. However, legal experts have stated that First Nations have no legal authority
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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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