Last week, the organizers behind the Alberta separatist petition said they had collected the 177,732 signatures they needed to force a referendum. Perhaps the biggest roadblock to Stay Free’s petition is an injunction against the effort filed by the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. In the claim, Sturgeon Lake calls on the Court of King’s Bench to effectively halt the Stay Free petition. “Alberta was not even a province when these treaties were signed,” Sturgeon Lake Chief Sheldon Sunshine said in an interview. Sturgeon Lake “never made treaty with Alberta, nor did they consent to Canada’s creation of Alberta in 1905 through legislation,” the claim says.

Source: National Post April 06, 2026 21:02 UTC