The Globe and Mail: Justice Alice Woolley said her remarks do not indicate how she will rule on the efforts by Alberta separatists to have the lower-court decision overturned. But she said she has “disquiet” with some of the reasoning used by Court of King’s Bench Justice Shaina Leonard to strike down the pro-independence petition, which organizers say collected 301,000 signatures during a four-month campaign.
…Justice Woolley, at a virtual hearing on Thursday, said she had qualms with Justice Leonard’s assumption that approving a citizen-led petition would trigger mandatory steps for the government to implement the results of an independence referendum. Justice Leonard ruled in May that the consequences of separation would violate constitutionally protected treaty rights…