阿尔伯塔省省长丹妮尔·史密斯承诺，如果本月的“留在加拿大”投票获胜，她不会再举行关于分离的公投 — — 至少在她仍担任省长期间 — — 这一表态正遭到一些知名阿尔伯塔分离主义者的反对。
Premier Danielle Smith’s pledge that she won’t hold another referendum on separation if the remain vote wins this month — at least as long as she is premier — is getting pushback from some prominent Alberta separatists.
“说实话，这取决于她打算当多久的省长，”第三方广告商“通往独立之路”（Pathway to Independence）的负责人科里·摩根说。
“Well, I guess it depends on how long she plans to be premier,” said Cory Morgan, who heads the third-party advertiser Pathway to Independence.
“我不是说这是一种威胁，你知道的，如果她不支持，他们可能会把她赶下台，”摩根周六在接受CBC新闻采访时说。
“I'm not saying that as a threat sort of thing, you know, they’d kick her out if she didn't support it,” Morgan told CBC News Saturday.
“我只是说，如果你断言这永远不会发生，那你真是个水晶球。我是说，如果她还能再当六年省长，而形势发生了变化呢？”史密斯在周五与CBC新闻首席记者阿德里安娜·阿森诺尔的一对一采访中发表了上述言论。
“I'm just saying, you're quite a crystal ball if you would say that it would never be in the cards. I mean, what if she were premier six years still from now, and the winds had changed?”Smith made the comment during a one-on-one interview with CBC News’ chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault Friday.
史密斯排除举行第二次阿尔伯塔公投：“只要我仍是省长，就不会有” 10月9日 时长 10月19日，阿尔伯塔人将在选项1（留在加拿大）和选项2（启动举行第二次具有约束力的分离公投的进程）之间做出选择。
Smith rules out 2nd Alberta referendum: 'Not as long as I'm premier' October 9 Duration On Oct. 19, Albertans will choose either Option 1, to remain in Canada, or Option 2, to begin the process to hold a second, binding referendum on separation.
摩根表示，他认为史密斯的表态是在试图在本次竞选尾声阶段树立更强硬的立场。“她说只要她还在任，就永远不会举行这样的公投，这实际上意味着她不尊重她自己所说的直接民主原则，”摩根说。
Morgan said he sees Smith's statement as the premier “trying to make what appears to be a stronger stance during the tail end of this campaign.”“To set it out saying that there would never be one as long as she's premier, well that means that she doesn't respect the principles of direct democracy she said she does,” Morgan said.
“如果几年后真的再举行一次公投，而阿尔伯塔人表示他们想要的话，我认为她有义务允许这种情况发生。”摩根还说，如果选项2未能通过，他理解在至少几年内不太可能再举行公投。但他说，分离主义运动不会消失。
“If there were another referendum within a few years and Albertans said they wanted it, I believe that's her obligation to allow that to happen.”Morgan says if Option 2 is unsuccessful, he understands another referendum is unlikely for at least a couple of years. But the movement is not going to go away, he said.
阿尔伯塔繁荣项目（Alberta Prosperity Project）首席执行官米奇·西尔维斯特也持相同观点。他周六告诉CBC新闻，鉴于史密斯所在政党中有相当数量的人支持阿尔伯塔独立，她对第二次公投的立场“可能对她并不有利”。
Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre has agreed on that point He told CBC News Saturday that he does not think Smith’s stance on a second referendum “could go very well for her,” given the number of people in her party in favour of Alberta independence.
最近一次由Janet Brown舆论研究公司为CBC新闻进行的民意调查显示，53%的表示将投票支持联合保守党的受访者也表示将在即将举行的公投中支持分离选项。
A recent Janet Brown Opinion Research Poll for CBC News suggested 53 per cent of respondents who would vote for the United Conservative Party would also vote in favour of the separation option in the upcoming referendum.
党员们可能将在下个月有机会就此事发表意见，届时联合保守党将举行其年度大会。
Party members could have a chance to voice their opinions on the matter next month, when the UCP holds its annual general meeting.
《第五 estate》 阿尔伯塔问题：分离主义者如何掌控该省执政党 在公投前仅剩一周多的竞选时间里，Sylvestre形容自己对己方获胜的前景持“谨慎乐观”态度。
The Fifth Estate The Alberta question: How separatists took hold of the province’s governing party With just over a week of campaigning left until the referendum, Sylvestre described himself as “cautiously optimistic” about his side’s chances.
“我交谈的很多人基本上都是‘衣柜里的分离主义者’。希望他们能够站出来投票，如果真是如此，那么我们就有机会获胜。”他说。
“A lot of people I talk to are basically closet separatists. And hopefully they’re gonna come out and vote, and if that's the case, then there's a chance that we can win.” he said.
Morgan表示，他看到越来越多人“倾向于”投票支持选项2，但他也指出，支持独立的人仍需付出艰苦努力才能赢得多数票。
Morgan says he’s seeing more people “flirt with” the idea of voting Option 2, but says those in favour of independence still have their work cut out to win a majority vote.
提前投票将从10月13日持续到17日，公投日即10月19日的投票站将从上午9点开放至晚上8点。
Advance polling runs from Oct. 13 to 17, with polling stations on referendum day Oct. 19 open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.