First Nations leaders call for Smith to be investigated for treason

[00:00:00]Several Alberta First Nations are calling for a treason investigation into the premier and the UCP over the upcoming referendum. The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs of Treaty 6, 7, and 8 unanimously passed a resolution today.

[00:00:14]They're calling for the RCMP and the Federal and Provincial Auditor Generals to investigate. The group says calling a referendum related to Alberta's separation risk Canadian sovereignty and the treaty relationship. It also says the UCP government failed to take action when a separatist group obtained a list of electors. Smith says the call for an investigation is quote disgraceful. I would ask the treaty chiefs to check themselves because we have a very collaborative relationship between our government and our ministers. I want that to continue. But this kind of overroought language has no place in a democracy. The assembly says an investigation is necessary as part of the RCMP and Crown's commitments to the safety and peace of treaty nations.

[00:00:57]Mounty say it they're reviewing the call for an investigation and cannot comment further. The Alberta Auditor General's office says it does not comment publicly on requests and we're waiting for a response from the federal