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Just a constitutional reality check for those celebrating Smith’s narrow referendum win on immigration: Under Section 95 of the Constitution, if a provincial law conflicts with a federal immigration law, the federal law wins. Smith cannot unilaterally rewrite the rules.
If the UCP attempts to implement legislation based on the five immigration-related questions from the referendum, they face profound constitutional, jurisdictional, and international legal limitations that heavily restrict what a province can unilaterally enact.
Is populism beginning to fracture?
Alberta separatists failed completely, Trump’s approval sits at historic lows, and Poilievre is yesterday's man. The US midterms are predicted to bring political moderation, and in Alberta we have had enough of Smith's chaos and incompetence.
🇨🇦 Moderate Mike 🇨🇦 retweeted
@ABDanielle told AB separatists to “find another home” or keep their opinions to themselves.
1. Why didn’t she make this statement prior to the referendum?
2. So, you will continue to welcome separatists into your govt, “as long as they are not vocal a/b it”?
Seriously?
Maybe it was worth the $125 M if Smith's time as Premier comes to an end, and / or the UCP fragments and a new right-wing party is formed.
🇨🇦 Moderate Mike 🇨🇦 retweeted
This is so bad faith and dishonest that it causes physical pain in my body.
🇨🇦 Moderate Mike 🇨🇦 retweeted
Albertans are dying because they can't get timely care in emergency rooms.
And how has Danielle Smith responded? She's done nothing but waste all of our time and $200 million on a separation referendum we all knew would fail.
Albertans deserve a government that will make life better for them.
cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/…
🇨🇦 Moderate Mike 🇨🇦 retweeted
.@ABDanielleSmith gets caught lying again and Elections Alberta calls her out on it.
#ableg #cdnpoli
CTV News is fact-checking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's claims that Thomas Lukaszuk forced her hand in putting the question of separation on the ballot.
Spoiler alert: nuh uh, Smith.
#Alberta #AbLeg
youtu.be/Z3iHDLbu1hU?si=F4fF…
🇨🇦 Moderate Mike 🇨🇦 retweeted
“It cost us probably at the end of the day about $200 million in tax payer money to do this. That would’ve hired teachers, doctors, nurses, 7500 EAs on five year contracts for example. The feeling I got from Albertans crossing every corner of the province, from the Peace Country down to the US border, is people were saying why are we going through this?”
rivercountry.fm/2026/10/22/n…
The recent referendum results prove that voters in Calgary and Edmonton have the power to stop the UCP's regressive politics and end the waste and corruption. I am more optimistic than ever that Alberta can become a more progressive, prosperous province. We can do so much better.
The data is clear: separatists don't represent Alberta, yet they hold massive sway over the UCP. Moderate conservatives need to stop compromising and officially break away.
I'm still shocked that the UCP burned through $125 million of our hard-earned tax dollars on that total shit-show.
Millions of Albertans have every right to be pissed.
I am curious to know about how Alberta "patriots" feel about Smith abrubtly kicking them out of the UCP today.
That has got to sting just a little after such a crushing defeat at the polls. If I was part of the Independence movement, I would be pissed.
The results across all 9 convoluted questions—coupled with the staggering cost—prove that this referendum is yet another colossal failure by Smith & the UCP. They have emerged with no mandate to act, & their aggressive "sovereign Alberta" rhetoric is cooked.
🇨🇦 Moderate Mike 🇨🇦 retweeted
Live results at 7:26 - 7:27PM tonight
Getting closer to election call or resignation !
UCP have NO mandate on any of 9 questions that they decided and put out propaganda to vote yes on.
This is a huge defeat for Smith & UCP !
🇨🇦 Moderate Mike 🇨🇦 retweeted
Smith is going to destroy the UCP with this kind of rhetoric. Dictating how an MLA votes or speaks is nothing short of dictatorship. Smith should have remained neutral and allowed every MLA to speak for their constituents, not her own personal beliefs. There are constituencies who support independence. They are not less conservative & quite capable of supporting more than one agenda. MLA’s are supposed to represent the people who elect them - not a Premiers personal position.
BREAKING NOW. Smith's response tro the separatists in her party calgaryherald.com/opinion/co… via @calgaryherald #Alberta #cdnpoli #AlbertaReferendum #ableg
