Commentary
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s artful dodge of the latest litigious mischief of the militant indigenous is a welcome move onto the fast track of the devolution of the Canadian Constitution. On May 13, we had the absurd national embarrassment of the indigenous people in Alberta, representing approximately 3.5 percent of the province’s population, gaining a preliminary court judgment that Alberta did not have the right to hold a referendum on the issue of seeking independence from Canada without prior discussion with appropriate First Nations representatives.
At the same time, other indigenous elements have challenged the right of the federal, Alberta, and British Columbia governments to build a pipeline to the Pacific for the exportation of Alberta oil and gas….