To effect constitutional change, you must pass 4 hurdles: 1. 7/10 provinces with 50% of the population. 2. Majority vote in HoC 3. Majority vote in senate 4. Quebec essentially has a de facto veto voteโฆ If we canโt effect change from WITHIN, perhaps we should explore WITHOUTโฆ.
In 2021, 61.7% of Albertans voted to remove equalization from the Constitution. Premier Kenney asked Ottawa and the Premiers to act. They ignored us. Nothing changed. Nothing.
Albertans should understand this: the other nine Oct referendum questions do not create any binding obligation on Ottawa to act. None. They are political statements, not legal leverage.
Only an independence referendum compels Canada to confront Albertaโs unfair treatment.