Alberta

• Debatten over afscheiding werden overschaduwd door onthullingen dat een groep met banden met separatisten toegang heeft gekregen tot de lijst van kiezers • De illegale ഉപയോഗ van kiezersinformatie door rightwing separatisten in de provincie Alberta heeft nieuwe zorgen gewekt over de electorale integriteit van Canada, doordat waardevolle en "ongelooflijk vertrouwelijke" persoonlijke gegevens gemakkelijk toegankelijk zijn geworden voor kwaadwillende actoren, waarschuwden beveiligingsexperts. • Het datalek, een van de grootste in de Canadese geschiedenis, heeft geleid tot waarschuwingen voor een "echt angstaanjagend" nieuw slagveld op het gebied van informatie, overreding en buitenlandse inmenging in reeds verzwakte democratische systemen. Lees verder...

Authorities investigate leak of 2.9 million voters’ details, adding to turmoil around independence pushAlberta separatists have delivered more than 300,000 signatures to elections officials in western Canada, in support of their attempt to force an independence referendum in Canada’s oil-rich province.But the effort stumbled immediately as a separatist-linked group posted the personal data of nearly three million residents online in one of the largest data breaches in Canadian history, fomenting fears of a possible political interference crisis. Continue reading...

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has asked a court to halt the separatist push, arguing it would violate their treaty rightsA First Nation in Alberta has said that a separatist push for the province to secede from Canada is “consummately irresponsible and dishonourable” and should be shut down, arguing in court that a proposed referendum would violate their treaty rights.A minority of residents of the oil-rich province have long argued that the province’s woes are due to the structure of payments to the federal government and a perceived inability to get their vast fossil fuel reserves to market. Continue reading...

Joey Pete of Sunchild First Nation said king seemed ‘committed to learning’ after meeting Indigenous leadersKing Charles has expressed concern over a simmering separatist movement in western Canada, according to Indigenous leaders who met the head of state at Buckingham Palace.Members of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations travelled to London from their territories in the province of Alberta to raise the alarm over the secessionist movement, arguing that it ignores key agreements signed between First Nations and the crown nearly 150 years ago. Continue reading...