Alberta justice rules that provincial separation without informed consent violates Treaty Rights – MBC Radio
Jan 5, 2026
Alberta Judge Colin Feasby has ruled that a proposed citizen-initiated referendum on provincial separation is unconstitutional. In a decision delivered on December 5, 2025 – just hours after the provincial government introduced Bill 14 to bypass the Court of King’s Bench – Justice Feasby ruled that the move violates both Charter rights and the Numbered Treaties that form Alberta’s very foundation.
The court has ruled that separation cannot proceed without, at the very least, the prior informed consent of the Treaty First Nations.
The Legal Wall: Indigenous Consent
Indigenous consensus remains a hurdle that ardent secessionists may never leap. While the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) claims to “unite all Albertans,” their struggle to gain mainstream traction suggests otherwise. They can dress up their rhetoric all they like, but they cannot hide the fact that their agenda serves only a few, rather than the entire province.
