Danielle Smith is playing an absurd disreputable dangerous shameless game. Dale Smith and Emmett Macfarlane fact-check Smith’s claims about the referendum, constitution, Treaties, and Section 35.

@emmettmacfarlane.com:

“If Danielle Smith was wondering why First Nations are going to court and asserting their rights in the face of her efforts to get a secessionist referendum rolling, she might not look any further than the mirror because this just reinforces why they don’t trust her, why they see her as a threat to their rights, and why they they’re fighting to keep them.“

@journodale.bsky.social‬:

For the late/west coast crowd, my latest episode where @emmettmacfarlane.com and I fact-check some of Danielle Smith’s claims about the referendum and the constitution #cdnpoli

A Constitutional Separation Process? 13:41 Min. by Dale Smith, May 25, 2026

May 25, 2026 In Conversation Episode 331. Danielle Smith has promised a referendum on a future referendum as part of a “constitutional” separation process. Is this a thing? I’m with University of Waterloo’s Emmett Macfarlane to fact-check the rhetoric. Let’s talk #cdnpoli.