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The 1982 Constitution fundamentally destabilised where power and legitimacy lie in Canada by replacing parliamentary and popular sovereignty with judicial and bureaucratic authority. Instead of uniting the country under a single, people-based nation, Pierre Trudeau’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms empowered the courts and federally funded interest groups to define rights and policies independently of elected governments.

This judicial supremacy fragmented sovereignty among the courts, activist communities, Indigenous groups, certain provinces, and international institutions, leaving the federal parliament only one of several competing centres of power. As a result, Canada today lacks a single, coherent source of legitimate authority or shared national identity, and the question of who truly holds sovereignty, people, provinces, or courts, remains unresolved.

I’m sorry, but the Haru situation has officially gone off the rails. Like, it’s one thing to be a competitive racehorse — it’s another to start thinking you’re the equine face of Alberta separatism. She’s out here calling herself a “husk” after two mediocre races and acting like she’s sacrificed everything for the cause. Girl, you’re a horse, not a founding father. You don’t see any other thoroughbreds prancing around the paddock muttering about “Western independence.” And the fact that she’s still decked out in separatist colors like it’s Derby Day for disillusioned ranchers? Embarrassing. Her team letting her lean into this delusion was honestly reckless — though I guess when you’ve got a horse who bribes her way into a political movement, it’s hard to rein her in (pun intended). Anyway, at this point, “Haru” feels generous. She’s Squibby now — mascot of misplaced patriotism and bad decisions.