Chantal Hebert

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584 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5 Jun

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The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge · Good Talk -- Do Canadians Care About Alberta? · 8 May 2026 podcast

So that precedent kind of forces the federal government to say, well, 50% plus one, it's going to be very hard to argue that what's good enough for a Brexit, what's good enough for Scotland independence would not be good enough for a provincial secession result to be recognized.

The Supreme Court has also said that

that it is constitutionally possible to leave Canada.

There is nothing in the Constitution that says you can't have it, but it is also said that you would be obligated to negotiate in the case of a yes victory.

But there is no expectation that it would come to a positive outcome.

So you could talk about, you know, yes, you want to separate, let's discuss the terms.

Everybody comes to the table, but that doesn't mean that you must arrive at a resolution that leads to separation.

But why I'm saying I'm looking at the calendar, I'm thinking if Daniel Smith asked that question for October 19th and Quebec is going to have an election on October 5th,

This means that the federal government would be debating the referendum question in Alberta while the Quebec campaign is ongoing and would be discussing thresholds that may be higher than 50% plus one.

Let me tell you two things.

There is not a provincial party in Quebec, a mainstream one, including the federalist liberals that have backed the Clarity Act in any way, shape or form.

or the notion that the Parliament of Canada would determine the question that could one day be asked of Quebecers, or that would prescribe a threshold other than 50% plus one.

So this conversation that could be ongoing in Parliament about Alberta would probably be one of the greatest gifts to the Parti Québécois.

who would then campaign not on we want to hold a referendum, but look at how these people are thinking that they can dictate the terms of how we debate our future, our political future.

And that's why I'm with Bruce.

The best case scenario for Mark Carney would be that this question is asked later or is not asked at all.

Oh, by the way, it did have an impact.

It helped the, yes, like this demonstration.

So before you brought trains and flags, it's not...

The notion that other Canadians don't care about Alberta or care about Alberta isn't measured by the number of people who would get on a train to foolishly come and talk about their perspective with little understanding of where the Alberta movement comes from.

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