美国驻加拿大大使皮特·霍克斯特拉在一次采访中表示，美国尚未认定加拿大官员是否确实存在干涉行为。
In an interview, Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said the U.S. had not determined whether there had, in fact, been any interference by Canadian officials.
阿什利·安 报道 美国显然并未指责加拿大干涉其大选——至少目前尚未。
By Ashley Ahn The U.S. apparently isn’t accusing Canada of interfering in its elections after all — at least not yet.
美国驻加拿大大使皮特·霍克斯特拉周五发布的一段采访中表示，尽管大使馆发布了一份详述加拿大知名人士所谓“影响美国政治计划”的事实清单，但大使馆尚未就选举干涉问题做出结论。
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said in an interview released Friday that the embassy hadn’t made a conclusion about election interference despite releasing a fact sheet detailing what it said were “plans to influence American politics” by prominent Canadians.
霍克斯特拉在周三录制的一档播客采访中表示，他关于选举干涉的言论——这引来了总理马克·卡尼的反驳——被断章取义了。
Hoekstra said in a podcast interview taped Wednesday that comments he made about election interference, which drew a rebuttal from Prime Minister Mark Carney, were taken out of context.
大使在接受《Elevate Report》采访时表示，事实清单中详述的活动——包括工业部长梅拉尼·乔利在波士顿和芝加哥与民主党官员会面，讨论特朗普政府征收的关税——可能被一些人视为潜在干涉。
The ambassador said in an interview with The Elevate Report that the activities detailed in the fact sheet, which included Industry Minister Mélanie Joly meeting with Democratic officials in Boston and Chicago to discuss tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, could be seen by some as potential interference.
霍克斯特拉说：“我是说，有人可能会那样假设或得出那个结论。作为大使馆，我们尚未得出那个结论。我们没有做出明确表态，也没有向华盛顿提出这种可能性，说‘嘿，正在发生选举干涉’。” 他也没有排除这种可能。“我们继续关注，”他说。
“I’m saying someone could assume that or reach that conclusion,” Hoekstra said. “As an embassy, we hadn’t reached that conclusion. We hadn’t made a definitive statement or raised it as a possibility back to Washington and say, ‘Hey, there’s election interference going on.’" He didn’t rule it out, either. “We continue to watch,” he said.
这些似乎在淡化干涉指控的言论是在周三作出的，当天美国驻渥太华大使馆发布了详述指控的事实清单，文件还单独点名了安大略省省长道格·福特和自由党议员安东尼·豪斯法瑟的活动。
The comments apparently softening the allegations of interference were made Wednesday, the day that the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa released the fact sheet detailing the allegations, which also singled out activities by Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Liberal Parliament member Anthony Housefather.
文件称：“加拿大政府对美国大选潜在干涉的担忧置之不理，即使其部长和省长在官方文件和公开露面中公开描述影响美国政治的计划。”
“The Canadian government brushes off concerns about potential interference in U.S. elections, even as its ministers and premiers openly describe plans to influence American politics in official documents and public appearances,” the document said.
卡尼本周多次驳斥了这些指控，并拿美国的关切开玩笑，他在一次集会上警告与会者，美国人可能会把他们减少对美经济依赖的努力误认为是干涉选举。“他们在南边有点敏感。”在周五的一场新闻发布会上，他暗示美国人才是干预加拿大选举的人。
Carney brushed off the allegations multiple times this week and joked about the American concerns, warning attendees at a rally that the Americans could mistake their efforts to reduce economic dependence on the U.S. as election interference. “They’re a little touchy down there.”At a press conference Friday, he suggested that the Americans were the ones meddling in Canadian elections.
这场争端发生在两国邻国之间的紧张局势加剧之际，此前卡尼退出了贸易谈判，并誓言要削减该国对美国的依赖。
The dispute comes amid heightened tensions between the two neighbors after Carney walked away from trade negotiations and vowed to curtail his country’s reliance on the U.S.