QUESTION (2026)
Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?
HISTORICAL MATERIALS (1867-2026)
The Nova Scotia Repeal Movement (1868)
[Coming soon]
The Alberta Act (1905)
Creation of the Alberta Act (1896-1905)
The Alberta Act (1905)
The Quebec Referendum (1980)
Debates in the House of Commons and the Senate (1980)
Debates in National Assembly of Quebec (1978-1980)
Archival Materials on the Quebec Referendum [COMING SOON]
The Quebec Referendum (1995)
Debates in the House of Commons and Senate (1994-1995)
Debates in the National Assembly of Québec / An Act Respecting the Future of Quebec (1994-1995)
Archival Materials on the Quebec Referendum [COMING SOON]
Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217
The Ruling [External Site: Supreme Court of Canada]
Unwritten Principles
Federalism [COMING SOON]
Democracy [COMING SOON]
Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law [COMING SOON]
The Clarity Act (2000)
Debates on the Clarity Act (1999-2000)
Bill 99: An Act respecting the exercise of the fundamental rights and prerogatives of the Québec people and the Québec State (1999-2000)
Henderson v. Procureur général du Québec, 2021 QCCA 565
The Ruling [External Site: CanLII]
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation v Alberta (Chief Electoral Officer), 2026 ABKB 375
The Ruling [External Site: CanLII]
Numbered Treaties [External site: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]