Indigenous groups win legal challenge against referendum – for now.
A liberal judge in Alberta dealt a blow to Alberta’s separatists by ruling that they can’t proceed with a petition to force a vote on a separation from Canada.
The reason stated is that the government ‘failed to meet its obligation to consult with Indigenous people’.
🚨 BREAKING: A liberal-appointed judge just blocked the democratic will of 300,000+ Albertans who signed through the Citizen Initiative Act process to put Independence on the Oct. 19 ballot.
Danielle Smith must use her authority, listen to Albertans, and let the people vote.pic.twitter.com/5dyomHN8DZ
— Rise Of Alberta (@RiseOfAlberta)May 13, 2026
“The decision from the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta is a major setback for a group seeking independence for Alberta, a western Canadian province that holds most of the country’s known oil reserves and exports millions of barrels a day of crude to the US.
A pro-independence group known as Stay Free Alberta submitted a petition earlier this month, claiming more than 301,000 signatures in favor of a referendum to break away from Canada. But the judge in the case ruled that the province’s chief electoral officer made an error in law by allowing the separatists’ petition to go forward.”
🚨BREAKING: Danielle Smith says the court decision blocking independence is “incorrect & undemocratic” and Alberta will appeal.
Her cabinet will soon decide whether to use its authority to put an independence question on the Oct. 19 referendum ballot.pic.twitter.com/ybDxA3D43D
Source: The Gateway Pundit
