It is just possible that King Ralph realized for a brief moment that he lives in a country and not just a province and that the people in his province are...Canadians, too:

He said there was no point in continuing to say Alberta would use the clause, when all legal advice says it can't. The definition of marriage is under federal jurisdiction, and the province can't affect that, he said. The federal Liberals have introduced legislation that would change the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. Klein said Wednesday that if the legislation passes, Alberta would have little choice but to recognize same-sex couples. He also said fighting it would be costly, and wouldn't succeed.