Juno News - June 28, 2025


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

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Alberta Separatism legal showdown
Docs show Carney preparing for Alberta separation legal showdown EXCLUSIVE： Premier Smith： “Ottawa created this problem.”

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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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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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