在这距离这159年历史的联邦最新一次考验仅剩四天之际——这个既赋予世界胰岛素，也孕育了席琳·迪翁的国家——马克·卡尼前往卡尔加里，为继续前进辩护。
Four days before the latest test of this 159-year-old Confederation — a nation that has given the world both insulin and Céline Dion — Mark Carney went to Calgary to make the case for carrying on.
“加拿大并不完美，但我们是最好的，”他说。“而且我们正在变得更好。”
"Canada isn't perfect, but we are the best," he said. "And we are getting better."
卡尼抵达前一天，阿尔伯塔省新民主党领袖、前卡尔加里市长纳希德·恩希被问及他希望从总理那里听到什么。恩希表示，卡尼需要阐明“加拿大是有效的”这一论点。
A day before Carney arrived, Naheed Nenshi, the leader of Alberta NDP and the former mayor of Calgary, was asked what he wanted to hear from the prime minister. Nenshi said Carney needed to make the argument that "Canada works."
“加拿大是有效的，而且对阿尔伯塔省效果甚佳，”恩希对加拿大广播公司（CBC）的节目《我们仍是最富裕的省份。我们拥有创纪录的石油和天然气产量。人们需要更多地听到这个信息》说道。史密斯拒绝举行第二次公投。但这一决定可能并非她本意。“像加拿大的命运取决于此般投票，”卡尼对卡尔加里集会的人们说道。
"Canada works and it's worked well for Alberta," Nenshi told CBC's "We're still the wealthiest province. We have record oil and gas production. People need to hear that message more." Smith said no to a 2nd referendum. But that decision might not be hers 'Vote like Canada depends on it,' Carney tells Calgary rally There is indeed a story to tell.
的确，有一个故事值得讲述。例如，阿尔伯塔省传奇的石油工业既得益于国家支持，又反过来创造了国家利益。这个国家各部分的成功彼此紧密相连，是一个太容易被遗忘的故事。
Consider, for instance, Alberta's fabled oil industry which has both benefited from national support and, in turn, created national benefit. That the success of each part of this country is bound up in the success of all others is a story too easy to forget.
周四晚上，卡尼在演讲台上并未字面意义上说出恩希希望听到的话。但或许用更多的话来说，这就是他传达的信息。
From the stage on Thursday night, Carney did not literally say the words that Nenshi wanted to hear. But perhaps in so many words that was the message.
“加拿大从来不仅仅是各省之间达成的一笔交易。它从来不是一系列给予与索取、毛收与净收的交易，”卡尼说。“加拿大是一种承诺，其价值远超其各部分之和。”卡尼本人或许对自己为何来到卡尔加里心存疑虑。
"Canada was never merely a bargain struck between provinces. It was never a series of transactions of gives and gets, of gross and net," Carney said. "Canada is a promise that is so much greater than the sum of its parts." Carney himself might have doubts about what brought him to Calgary.
“此次公投，让我们说清楚，它正值最不合时宜的时候，”总理在周四晚上说道。此次行动的必要性或实用性，有待阿尔伯塔省省长丹妮尔·史密斯来辩护。但这次国家统一的最新考验至少提供了一个借口，来论证加拿大是有效的——一个也许永远也不足以被充分论证的论点。如何“解决这个问题”总理此前在竞选期间限制了他直接的干预 — 虽然他在最近几个月里经常前往阿尔伯塔省，发表了一系列重要声明 — 这是一个有趣的战略选择，这一选择将在下周的结果中得到验证或受到质疑。但他本周加入竞选似乎是为了防止自满。
"This referendum, let's be clear, it comes at the worst possible time," the prime minister said on Thursday night The necessity or utility of this exercise is for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to defend. But this latest test of national unity is at least an excuse to make the case that Canada works — a case that perhaps can't be made enough. How to 'settle this question' That the prime minister limited his direct interventions in the campaign before now — though he has frequently been in Alberta in recent months for a series of significant announcements — was an interesting strategic choice one that will be either redeemed or cast into doubt by next week's result. But his arrival to the campaign this week seemed designed to ward off complacency.
周一公投的基本结果或许并不存有太多疑问。这并不是加拿大未来构成似乎悬于一线之际的时刻 — 而且不仅仅是因为选票上的关键问题仅仅是关于是否再次举行公投。大多数民调显示，十分之七的阿尔伯塔人可能会投票反对分离。
The basic result of Monday's referendum is perhaps not in much doubt. This is not a moment in which the future composition of Canada seems to balance on a knife's edge — and not only because the pivotal question on the ballot is only about whether to have another referendum. Most polls suggest seven in 10 Albertans could vote against separation.
跨越政治阵线，前阿尔伯塔省省长们团结一致，敦促在移民问题上投“反对”票。但魁北克的例子表明，在一次公投中拒绝分离并不意味着以后不会再有另一次。对于联邦派而言，如果他们希望在可预见的未来埋葬阿尔伯塔主权问题，那么下周的结果必须尽可能具有决定性。
Uniting across political lines, former Alberta premiers urge ‘no’ vote on immigration questions But the example of Quebec suggests that the rejection of secession in one referendum does not mean there won't eventually be another. For the federalist side now, if there is to be some hope of burying the question of Alberta sovereignty for the foreseeable future, the margin next week must be as decisive as possible.
“在这个关键时刻，阿尔伯塔人面临着选择。我们可以建设一个更强大的阿尔伯塔和一个更伟大的加拿大，留给我们的孩子。或者我们可以让他们承受多年的深刻分裂和巨大不确定性，”卡尼说。
"At this pivotal moment, Albertans have a choice. We can build a stronger Alberta and an even greater Canada to leave for our children. Or we can burden them with years of deep division and great uncertainty," Carney said.
“我们需要的是周一的决定性结果，来解决这个问题。”面对更广泛的选民，他还警告不要认为这次公投可能仅仅被用来“向奥塔瓦传递信息”。“这不是扑克牌，”他说。
"What we need is a decisive result on Monday to settle this question." Speaking to the broader electorate, he also warned against thinking that this referendum might be used to simply "send a message" to Ottawa. "This is not poker," he said.
完整演讲 | 卡尼于10月15日在卡尔加里参加永远加拿大集会卡尼将自己的故事置于阿尔伯塔，然后将阿尔伯塔置于加拿大的故事之中。他谈到，跨越省界的加拿大人一直相互关怀、相互支持。他承认，在之前的时代，由自由党总理领导的联邦政府首先“让阿尔伯塔人感觉我们的资源并不属于我们自己”，然后“我们的能源贡献正逆历史潮流而行”。
FULL SPEECH | Carney attends Forever Canadian rally in Calgary October 15 Duration Carney situated his own story in Alberta and then placed Alberta within the story of Canada. He spoke of how Canadians, across provincial boundaries, have cared for and supported each other. He acknowledged that in previous eras, the federal government — led by Liberal prime ministers — had first "made Albertans feel like our resources weren't our own" and then "that our energy contributions were running against the tides of history."
这可能会导致自由党校友下次会议出现一些尴尬时刻。但卡尼现在可以谈论阿尔伯塔既是他议程的“中心”，也是加拿大应对这一巨大不确定性时刻的“中心”。尽管此次公投的时间可能很不方便，但对联邦主义一方而言，这是一次幸运——一位自由党总理竟能在这周站在卡尔加里的舞台上，并有合理理由声称自己是阿尔伯塔最受欢迎的政治领袖。
That might make for some awkward moments at the next meeting of Liberal alumni. But Carney can now talk about how Alberta is at the "centre" of both his agenda and Canada's response to this moment of great uncertainty. And however much the timing of this referendum might be inconvenient, it is a stroke of luck for the federalist side that a Liberal prime minister could stand on stage in Calgary this week with a reasonable claim to being the most popular political leader in Alberta.
“我的朋友们，没有人能靠自己成就伟大，”卡尼说。“不是职业运动员……不是广袤草原上的一座伟大城市……不是单一的省份。这需要一个团队……那些在我们之前的人已经明白了这一点。”
"My friends, nobody achieves greatness on their own," Carney said. "Not a pro athlete.… Not one great city on a vast prairie. Not a single province. It takes a team....
“阿尔伯塔人不是放弃者，”博利韦尔在卡尔加里会议上告诉与会者 4小时前在周五下午卡尔加里的演讲中，保守党领袖皮埃尔·博利韦尔表示，虽然关于公投的辩论 rightly 聚焦于阿尔伯塔为加拿大所做的事情，“我们不能忘记，也不能忽视加拿大为这个国家所做的事情。”博利韦尔继续说，加拿大当然建设了国家基础设施，但更大的国家也提供了规模和力量。
Those who came before us understood that." 'Albertans are not quitters,' Poilievre tells Calgary conference 4 hours ago In his own remarks in Calgary on Friday afternoon, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said that while much of the referendum debate has rightly focused on what Alberta has done for Canada, "we must not forget and we must not ignore what Canada has done for the country." Canada has of course built national infrastructure, Poilievre continued, but the larger nation also provides size and strength.
“这意味着我们有更多空间旅行、更多空间呼吸、更多空间贸易、更多空间成长，比我们孤立孤单时所能拥有的更多，”他说。“这意味着我们比独自一人时更自由、更开放。”换句话说，加拿大是有效的。周二早上会带来什么？
"It all means that we have more room to travel, more room to breathe, more room to trade, more room to grow than we would have if we were isolated and alone," he said. "It means being freer and more open than we would be by ourselves." Put another way, Canada works. What will Tuesday morning bring?
假设团队在周一晚上保持团结，仍然存在周二早上会带来什么的问题。投票的差距将很重要，但选票上还有其他九个问题——涵盖从阿尔伯塔如何处理移民到参议院是否应被废除的一切内容。
Assuming the team sticks together on Monday night, there is still the question of what Tuesday morning will bring. There is the margin of the vote that will matter, but there are also nine other questions on the ballot— covering everything from how Alberta handles immigration to whether the Senate should be abolished.
本周在接受采访时，恩西表示希望卡尼可能会解答这些其他问题。而总理确实在周四下午在卡尔加里的一次公开露面中重复了“不要九项”的口号，但他在周四晚上的讲话中并未直接回应这些问题。
In his interview this week, Nenshi expressed hope that Carney might address those other questions. And the prime minister did repeat the slogan "No to the Nine" in an appearance in Calgary on Thursday afternoon but he did not directly address the questions in his remarks on Thursday night.
史密斯、卡尼在阿尔伯塔公投前呼吁团结 博伊弗雷尔敦促阿尔伯塔人不要“放弃”加拿大 恩西称这些问题为“缓慢的分离”，并且此次公投至少有可能引发阿尔伯塔与联邦政府之间的一系列新冲突。
Smith, Carney pitch unity ahead of Alberta referendum Poilievre urges Albertans not to 'quit' on Canada Nenshi has called those questions "separation in slow motion" and there is at least the potential for this referendum to give way to a series of new conflicts between Alberta and the federal government.
还有关于史密斯的联合保守党将会变成什么样的问题。如今魁北克已有分离主义政府。此外，这个国家仍存在着各种大小问题、存在性议题，这些问题始终可能导致或被利用以制造不同政府层级之间的冲突——其中不少是应对气候变化及其原因的跨代挑战。
There is as well the question of what will become of Smith's United Conservative Party And there is now a separatist government in Quebec And there remain the myriad issues, big and small and existential, that can always cause, or be exploited to create, conflict between the different levels of government in this country — not least the multi-generational challenge of responding to climate change and its causes.
但重新认识到加拿大过去有效且仍能有效运作，可能会使联邦主义事业处于更有利的位置，以克服即将到来的所有考验。
But a renewed sense that Canada has worked and can work might put the federalist cause in a better place to overcome all the tests to come.