加拿大总理马克·卡尼表示，加拿大的未来应由加拿大人民自己决定。当被问及埃隆·马斯克呼吁魁北克、阿尔伯塔省和萨斯喀彻温省脱离加拿大时，卡尼强调加拿大人民应当免受“那些自以为可以对我们发号施令的大型科技公司的干涉”。
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that Canada’s future will be decided by Canadians and that they should be free from “large tech firms that think they can tell us what to do” when asked about Elon Musk’s call for Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate from the country.
魁北克省谢布克——加拿大总理马克·卡尼周四重申，加拿大的未来由加拿大人民决定，以此回应埃隆·马斯克关于让魁北克、阿尔伯塔省和萨斯喀彻温省脱离加拿大的提议。
SHERBROOKE, Quebec — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada’s future will be decided by Canadians, pushing back on Elon Musk’s call for Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate from Canada.
“加拿大的未来将由加拿大人民以及魁北克民众的意愿来决定，”卡尼在回应马斯克的言论时说道。
“The future of Canada will be decided by Canadians and the priorities of Canadians, the priorities of the people of Quebec,” Carney said when asked about Musk’s comments.
卡尼指出，加拿大人民有权按照自己的语言与文化生活，不应受到“外国政府以及那些自以为能指挥我们的大型科技公司的干扰”。周三，马斯克在社交平台X上针对魁北克省即将上任的省长保罗·圣皮埃尔·普拉蒙东发表了评论。普拉蒙东领导的魁北克党主张魁北克独立，该党在周一的省级选举中获胜。
Carney said Canadians should be free to live according to their languages and cultures, without interference “from foreign governments and large tech firms that think they can tell us what to do.”Musk weighed in on Canada’s separatist debates Wednesday in a post on X about Quebec Premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, whose separatist Parti Québécois won Monday’s provincial election.
不过，魁北克党的胜选并不等同于民众支持独立。该党仅获得了约28%的选票，也未能在魁北克省议会中占据多数席位。蒙特利尔麦吉尔大学政治学教授丹尼尔·贝兰指出，目前支持魁北克独立的比例仍维持在30%左右；此次选举更多是民众希望推翻执政的“未来联盟党”政府，而非出于对独立的强烈诉求。
The PQ’s victory was not a mandate for independence. The party won about 28% of the popular vote and fell short of a majority of the seats in the Quebec legislature. Support for Quebec independence remains at about 30%, said Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal. He said the election was driven more by a desire to oust the Coalition Avenir Québec government than by support for separation.
“很好，魁北克应该独立，”马斯克写道，“那样他们会过得更好。阿尔伯塔省和萨斯喀彻温省也该独立。”据悉，阿尔伯塔省定于10月19日举行公投，决定是否继续留在加拿大，或是推动独立公投。
“Good. Quebec should separate,” Musk wrote, adding that “They would be better off. Alberta and Saskatchewan should separate too.”Alberta is scheduled to hold a vote Oct. 19 on whether the province should remain in Canada or move toward a future referendum on separation.
阿尔伯塔省省长丹妮尔·史密斯已表示，她将投票支持该省继续留在加拿大。
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said she will vote to remain in Canada.
史密斯周四称，随着她的政府与联邦政府共同努力解决当地民众的关切，该省的独立情绪已有所减弱。
Smith said Thursday that separatist sentiment in her province has weakened as her government and Carney’s have worked to address Albertans’ concerns.
“联邦政府已经发生了变化。他们对待我们的方式也变了，现在愿意与我们携手解决那些问题，”史密斯在埃德蒙顿说道。
“The federal government has changed. Their approach to us has changed and they’re willing to work together on addressing those issues,” Smith said in Edmonton.
萨斯喀彻温省省长斯科特·莫伊则在X平台上仅用一个词回应了马斯克：“不。”马斯克是全球首富，也是有史以来第一位万亿富翁，他出生于南非，拥有加拿大和美国双重国籍。
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe responded to Musk on X with a single word: “No.”Musk, the world’s richest man and first-ever trillionaire, is a South African-born Canadian-American.