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Alberta government will provide free legal support to Anti-Canada separatists (rabble.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[-] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is a mask-off moment.

[-] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 17 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty soon they'll be naked and it'll be a weird party.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 19 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty sure conservatives only get naked if there are children involved.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's why they're all in Alberta.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 weeks ago

As an Ontarian, what can I do about this?

Seriously? Do I need to drive to Alberta with a rolled up newspaper and thwack Danielle Smith on the back of the head like my grandfather did to me when I was being a dumbass?

[-] keyhoh@piefed.social 22 points 3 weeks ago

No, you need to do that to the people sponsoring her, but in a way that leaves them with deep rooted and lasting fear of being traitorous pricks

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And replace the news paper with something sharper and heavier. You could probably hoist the sharp heavy thing up on a wooden platform to make it easier to drop down.

[-] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

So trump, Russian and…

[-] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 weeks ago

Charge the Alberta government and its traitorous leader with treason already.

[-] happy_wheels 22 points 3 weeks ago

I thought this was the Beaverton at first. It's not. I don't know how I feel about this.

[-] MyMotherIsAHamster@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck Danielle Smith and the traitorous horse she rode in on.

[-] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago

It's not the horses fault she's a traitorous cunt.

[-] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

It is the voters however.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago

Un-fucking-believable.

Fuck redneck separatist Albertans.

Oil is not an identity or a culture.

Catch a brain dumbasses.

Oh right, you smooth brains voted for Jason Kenney, then topped that shitshow with Danielle Smith.

Dumbass fucking province.

[-] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I was born there, so when I say; it is truly Canada's stank-ass armpit, you know it's based on lived experiences.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 weeks ago

Seems seditious.

[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

Just for fun, the federal should do the same it did in Québec with the sponsorship thing. The RoC certainly thought it was acceptable.

[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

what

[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

Isn't this just how the justice system work? Doesn't everyone get legal representation?

[-] Yaztromo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

No.

You can typically get a public defender for a criminal matter — but this isn't a criminal matter. You don’t get a lawyer provided to you free of charges to represent you at a non-criminal hearing of this sort, just as the government doesn’t hand out free lawyers if you want to sue someone (or get sued by someone).

[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Really? So if you get sued without proof of crime it's on you?

[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago

You don't need to commit a crime to be sued for something. Not every type of harm is a criminal offense. Civil court exists to decide upon disagreements that people could not settle on their own, not to determine whether a law was broken.

You get a puic defender in crimimal courts because it is the state accusing you of wrongdoing and attempting to limit your rights. In civil court, it is another private citizen or entity, and they are looking to enforce their rights, not strip yours.