If court halts separatists’ referendum bid, they’ll push Danielle Smith to approve it anyway – CBC
Apr 02, 2026
Petition drive threatens First Nations’ treaty rights, according to injunction application to be heard April 7
Alberta separatists aren’t just enthused by the fact they have apparently surpassed the necessary 177,000 signatures to force their referendum onto ballots — they’re also celebrating when they reached the target.
Stay Free Alberta claimed that accomplishment a week before a judge in Edmonton hears a First Nation’s injunction bid against the citizen’s initiative on April 7, arguing that the independence bid would violate Indigenous treaties.
A casual legal/political observer might puzzle over this logic. After all, it might not matter that enough signatures were collected if Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation gets its injunction, because that would likely freeze the whole Elections Alberta process of vetting and approving the petition.
