这个问题困扰了艾伯塔省政界数月之久：当地民众是希望继续留在加拿大，还是希望再次举行公投以脱离加拿大？如今，艾伯塔省民众已经给出了答案。
It’s the question that has consumed months of political discourse in Alberta — whether residents want to remain in Canada, or whether they want to hold a second referendum to leave. Albertans have their answer.
加拿大广播公司新闻决策中心预测，此次艾伯塔省公投的结果将是“留在加拿大”派胜出。
The CBC News Decision Desk is now projecting a "remain" win in the Alberta referendum.
本次公投共向民众提出了十个问题，其中便包括有关独立与否的问题。
Ten questions were put to Albertans as a part of this referendum, one of which was the question tied to independence.
该问题的投票结果原定于山区时间晚上10点后公布，但卡德斯顿-西克斯卡选区的一个投票站开放时间比预期要长，导致相关数据延迟发布。
Results on that question were anticipated after 10 p.m. MT, but one polling station in the riding of Cardston-Siksika remained open longer than anticipated and delayed those numbers.
截至晚上11点半，已有超过100万张选票完成统计：76.6%的选民支持“留在加拿大”的选项，23.5%的选民则支持举行独立公投的选项。
With more than one million votes counted as of 11:30 p.m., 76.6 per cent of voters were in favour of the "remain" option, while 23.5 per cent voted in favour of the referendum option.
除独立问题外，还有五个问题涉及移民政策，四个问题涉及宪法修订。目前选举工作人员仍在统计这些问题的投票结果。您可在此查看艾伯塔省公投的最新实时结果。“我们不能再互相争斗了”周一深夜投票结果公布后，参加亲联邦派集会的民众纷纷起身欢呼，高喊“加拿大！加拿大！”临近午夜时，该团体创始人托马斯·卢卡祖克登上“永远做加拿大人”集会的舞台，他表示这一结果向加拿大其他地区传递了一个信号：艾伯塔省绝非联邦体制中的“薄弱环节”。
Beyond the independence question, five questions are related to immigration, while four propose constitutional changes. They continue to be counted by election officers. You can view the latest results here Live Alberta referendum live results 'We cannot go on fighting' As results became known late Monday night, people gathered at a pro-federalist gathering jumped out of their seats and cheered, chanting, "Canada! Canada!" Taking the stage at a Forever Canadian rally shortly before midnight, the group's founder Thomas Lukaszuk said the results send a message to the rest of Canada that Alberta would not be the "weak link" in Confederation.
他对在场民众说道：“我们艾伯塔省民众和全国其他加拿大人一样，都以身为加拿大人而自豪。”
"We Albertans are as proud to be Canadians as any other Canadian across the country," he told the crowd.
同时，卢卡祖克也强调，我们不应忽视那些投出相反选票的艾伯塔省民众，与支持独立的艾伯塔省民众展开对话同样至关重要。
At the same time, Lukaszuk said it was important to not forget the contingent of Albertans who voted in the other direction, adding it would be important to develop a dialogue with pro-independence Albertans.
“作为加拿大人、作为艾伯塔省人，我们不能再互相争斗了，”他说。
"As Canadians, as Albertans, we cannot go on fighting with each other," he said.
多项民意调查显示，多年来有关脱离加拿大这一问题的民意倾向基本稳定，绝大多数民众都倾向于留在加拿大。本文翻译如下：今年早些时候，阿尔伯塔省省长丹妮尔·史密斯在主张举行公投是尊重数十万签署对抗性公民请愿书的阿尔伯塔人的恰当方式之后，将独立问题加入了公投选票。
Polls have suggested that numbers on the separation question have largely been baked-in for years, with the majority leaning toward remaining in Canada. The independence question was added to the referendum ballot by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith earlier this year after she argued having a vote was the proper way to respect the hundreds of thousands of Albertans who signed duelling citizen petitions.
但她也被迫面对其所属的联合保守党内部的分歧。民调显示，联合保守党选民中略有多数倾向于在公投中选择分离选项。
But she has also been forced to grapple with a divide in her United Conservative Party. Polls that a slight majority of UCP voters favoured the separation option as part of the referendum.
《第五 estate》 阿尔伯塔问题：分离主义者如何掌控该省执政党 在X平台的一篇帖子中，史密斯写道，她看到阿尔伯塔选举局初步结果显示“广泛支持”留在加拿大时，感到“非常高兴”。
The Fifth Estate The Alberta question: How separatists took hold of the province’s governing party In a post on X, Smith wrote that she was "very pleased" to see the initial results from Elections Alberta showing "widespread support" for remaining in Canada.
“阿尔伯塔人投票支持在一个统一的加拿大中拥有更强大的阿尔伯塔，”她写道。“感谢所有花时间就这些至关重要的公投问题投票的阿尔伯塔人。”
"Albertans have voted for a stronger Alberta in a united Canada," she wrote. "Thank you to all Albertans who took time to vote on these critically important referendum questions."
史密斯表示，她将在周二晚上6点45分向阿尔伯塔人发表讲话，谈及公投结果以及“我们省接下来将走向何方”。经济风险与传递信息 在整个竞选过程中，独立主义支持者认为，阿尔伯塔多年来一直受到渥太华的不公平待遇，而联邦政府的环境政策扼杀了其石油和天然气产业。
Smith said she would address Albertans on Tuesday evening at 6:45 p.m. about the referendum results, and "where our province goes from here." Economic risks and sending a message Over the course of the campaign, proponents for independence argued that Alberta has been mistreated for years by Ottawa and that the federal government’s environmental policies stifled its oil and gas industry.
阿尔伯塔独立运动中最突出的声音之一 Keith Wilson 周一表示，他希望分离主义一方能有强劲的投票率，以便“向渥太华传递一个信号”。与此同时，联邦主义者警告称，将阿尔伯塔从加拿大分离出去将带来重大的经济风险。
这位从一开始就表示她会投票支持阿尔伯塔留在加拿大的省长承认，由于她的联邦主义立场，她如今在阿尔伯塔分离主义者中被视为“公众敌人头号人物”。
Keith Wilson, one of the most prominent voices in the Alberta independence movement, said Monday he was hoping for a strong turnout for the separatist side in order to “send a message to Ottawa.”Federalists, meanwhile, warned that splitting Alberta from Canada would pose significant economic risks The premier, who from the start said she’d vote for Alberta to remain in Canada, has acknowledged that she has come to be regarded as “public enemy number one” amongst Alberta separatists, given her federalist stance.
许多阿尔伯塔人提前投票 尽管近期投票率呈上升趋势，但阿尔伯塔省向来在省级选举中的投票率表现平平。阿尔伯塔选举局原本没有预料到这次公投会出现这样的情况。
Many Albertans voted early Despite a more recent upward trend Alberta has had a history of mediocre voter turnout in provincial elections. Elections Alberta was not expecting that as part of this referendum.
该选举机构此前曾表示，预计将出现创纪录的投票率，预测该数字将达到80%至85%。相比之下，上次阿尔伯塔省选的投票率仅为60.5%。
The elections agency previously said it expected a record turnout of Albertans, projecting that figure to reach between 80 to 85 per cent. By contrast, the last Alberta provincial election saw 60.5 per cent turnout.
高投票率至少在选择提前投票的阿尔伯塔人中表现明显，无论他们是前往提前投票站还是通过邮寄选票投票。超过130万人选择了这两种方式之一。
The high engagement was at least obvious amongst Albertans who chose to vote early, whether they visited an advance poll or sent a ballot in the mail. More than 1.3 million people chose one of those two options.
周一，选举结果的公布被推迟，因为选举机构宣布有超过100个投票站未能按时开放。
Results were delayed Monday after the election agency announced that more than 100 stations failed to open on time.