An anonymous infographic claims Alberta separation is constitutionally illegitimate because treaties and Confederation came first. This brief argues otherwise: Canada’s Constitution permits secession negotiations, treaties include land cession clauses, and constitutional arrangements have repeatedly changed through negotiation and democratic consent.
Alberta’s wish to invoke Section 33 to defend women and girls from judicial overreach is legitimate. The clause is a democratic tool, not a flaw—essential to protect provincial sovereignty and biological reality.
The last few weeks have exposed schizophrenic aspects of Canadian culture and its influence on governments’ behaviour. The most palpable example lies in how we trampled – in fear – over memory and institutions, obsessively protective and morally dismissive of dignity and human life simultaneously. The COVID-19 lockdown has been a strange time for people…
The Trudeau government’s effort to transfer power temporarily from the House of Commons to the Office of the Finance Minister was an unconstitutional attempt to bypass the will of Canadians as expressed in the 2019 election.