Comparing it to B.C. drug enforcement or Quebec language laws overlooks that it is a full\u002Dfledged separatist proposal
First proposed in a paper written by former MLA Rob Anderson, University of Calgary political science Prof.
in a defence of the act in Wednesday’s National Post. “Indeed, that is the whole point. The Canadian Constitution has never worked in favour of Albertans, so it needs to be changed.”Article content Cooper readily admits this would be the “last stop before independence.” But disregarding acts of the federal Parliament, the courts and the Constitution would effectively mean that we no longer have a functioning federation — or a country, for that matter. Proponents of the “Free Alberta Strategy” are merely trying to wiggle out of declaring themselves separatists. But that’s exactly what they are.
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