Alberta Says It Won’t Drop Its Appeal. The Quashed Separation Petition Is in Court Either Way.
With the Alberta referendum now in the books, some First Nation chiefs are calling on the provincial government to drop its appeal of a judge's decision that quashed a citizen petition on separation. The province says it won't. Justice Minister Mickey Amery said in a statement that the government believes the decision contained errors of law.
Dropping the government's appeal would not end the litigation. Kathleen Mahoney, professor emeritus at the University of Calgary's faculty of law, said that because there are two appeals, the process would continue regardless.
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The procedural twist makes withdrawal less decisive than it first appears: even if the province dropped its appeal, the process would continue because there are two appeals.
Still, the province isn't just refusing for show: it says the ruling contained errors of law.