随着阿尔伯塔省公投尘埃落定，部分原住民部落酋长呼吁省政府撤回对一名法官判决的上诉，该判决撤销了关于分离独立的公民请愿。
With the Alberta referendum now in the books, some First Nation chiefs are calling on the provincial government to drop its appeal of a judge’s decision to quash the citizen petition on separation.
“我是说，既然公投已经举行，这个问题已无实际意义，”锡克西卡族酋长塞缪尔·克劳福特说。“[省长丹妮尔·史密斯] 反复表示她不会推动另一次公投。我认为，现在是她兑现这些言论、撤回上诉的机会。”
“I mean, now that the referendum’s happened, the issue’s moot,” said Siksika Nation Chief Samuel Crowfoot. “[Premier Danielle Smith] said up and down that she's not going to pursue another referendum. Well, I think now’s the chance for her to put action to those words and to drop that appeal.”
克劳福特表示，这样做有助于修复原住民部落与省政府之间的关系——他称目前这种关系“已破裂”。“民众已直截了当地说明：我们不会经历分离独立。那么我的问题是：既然阿尔伯塔民众未授权她就此议题发声，为何还要坚持这一程序？”阿萨巴斯卡奇佩维扬族酋长艾伦·亚当说。
Crowfoot says doing so could help repair the relationship between First Nations and the province — a relationship, he says, right now is “fractured.”"The people said it straight out: we are not going to go through a separation. So my question would be is: why hang on to a process that the Alberta people gave her no mandate to speak on?"
争议焦点是支持独立的组织“自由阿尔伯塔”发起的一项公民请愿，旨在推动省政府考虑关于分离独立的公投议题。该请愿今年早些时候收集了超过 30 万个签名。
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam said. At issue is a petition led by pro-independence group Stay Free Alberta to prompt the province to consider a referendum question on separation.
原住民部落酋长寻求正式解释阿尔伯塔公投选票短缺问题 新民主党领袖纳希德·内恩希周五上午在新闻发布会上呼应了酋长们的呼吁。
It garnered more than 300,000 signatures earlier this year.
“原住民部落正在花钱聘请律师，我们纳税人也在花钱聘请律师，让我们听听阿尔伯塔人周一的表态，直接撤诉吧，”内恩希说。
First Nation chief seeks formal explanation after ballot shortages in Alberta referendum NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi echoed the chiefs' calls at a news conference Friday morning.
然而，省政府表示不会这样做。司法部长米基·阿梅里在一份声明中称，政府认为该“判决存在法律错误”。“公民不应履行咨询义务，以便在公民倡议请愿中收集同胞公民的签名，”阿梅里说。
“Certainly the First Nations are spending money on lawyers, we taxpayers are spending money on lawyers, let’s listen to what Albertans said on Monday and just drop it,” Nenshi said. The province, however, says it won't be doing that. Justice Minister Mickey Amery said in a statement the government believes the "decision contained errors of law."
目前的法律进展 四个原住民部落——阿萨巴斯卡奇佩维扬族、锡克西卡族、布拉德部落和皮卡尼族——对“自由阿尔伯塔”公民请愿所涉程序提出了挑战。法官推翻阿尔伯塔省选举局对分离公投请愿书的批准5月，夏伊娜·伦纳德法官裁定未与第一民族进行磋商，并推翻了阿尔伯塔省选举局对该请愿书的批准。
"Citizens should not have to meet a duty to consult to gather signatures from fellow citizens on a citizen initiative petition," Amery said. The legal picture so far Four First Nations — Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Siksika Nation, Blood Tribe and Piikani Nation — challenged the process involving Stay Free Alberta’s citizen petition.
由于这一裁决，政府在10月19日公投选票上的问题，询问的是阿尔伯塔省人是否支持该省启动法律程序，举行第二次具有约束力的分离公投。
Judge overturns Elections Alberta’s approval of separation referendum petition In May, Justice Shaina Leonard ruled that there had been a failure to consult with the First Nations, and she overturned Elections Alberta’s approval of the petition.
政府对伦纳德的裁决提起了上诉。领导请愿活动的米奇·西尔韦斯特也在上诉。克罗福特表示，他不指望西尔韦斯特撤回上诉。
Because of that ruling, the government’s question on the Oct. 19 referendum ballot asked if Albertans supported the province starting the legal process to hold a second, binding referendum on separation. The government launched an appeal of Leonard’s decision. Mitch Sylvestre, who led the petition drive, is also appealing it Crowfoot said he does not expect Sylvestre to drop his appeal.
“因此，我们将处理米奇的上诉，但丹妮尔应代表阿尔伯塔省政府撤回她的上诉，”他说。就西尔韦斯特而言，他表示希望看到政府继续上诉。
“So, we’ll handle Mitch’s, but Danielle should drop hers on the part of the government of Alberta,” he said. For his part, Sylvestre says he would like to see the government continue its appeal.
“我认为，就阿尔伯塔省的民主向前发展而言，他们上诉这一点非常重要，”西尔韦斯特说。
“I think, moving forward for democracy here in Alberta, it's very important that they have to appeal that,” Sylvestre said.
“因为，我的意思是，这是一个非常有争议的问题，但还会有其他有人会不同意的问题。而且，你知道，突然间，我看他们不久将无法提出任何问题。”
“Because, I mean, this is a very contentious question, but there's gonna be other questions that somebody's going to disagree with. And, you know, all of a sudden, I can see that it won't be long they won't be able to ask any questions.”
根据非官方结果，75%的阿尔伯塔省人投票支持该省继续作为加拿大的一部分。接下来可能发生什么？
According to unofficial results Albertans voted 75 per cent in favour of the province remaining a part of Canada. What could happen next?
卡尔加里大学法学院名誉教授凯瑟琳·马奥尼表示，因为有两宗上诉，无论政府是否撤回上诉，程序都将继续。她说，继续上诉也可能让政府在未来获得更多清晰度。
Because there are two appeals, the process would continue regardless if the government dropped its appeal, said Kathleen Mahoney, professor emeritus at the University of Calgary's faculty of law. Continuing its appeal could also give the government more clarity going forward, she said.
“他们可能想确切知道，在影响原住民权利的政府程序中，何时必须进行磋商，”她说。
“They may want to know exactly when in a government process that affects Indigenous rights a consultation has to take place,” she said.
宪法专家告诉加拿大广播公司新闻，如果上诉获批，该请愿书确实可能继续推进。
Constitutional experts have told CBC News that if an appeal is granted, the petition could indeed move forward.
“如果上诉法院同意下级法院的判决，那就结束了，”马洪尼说。“但如果法院认为磋商本可以在程序后期进行，那么我们就进入了另一种情形。”她说，在后一种情况下，这将触发政府处理最初公民请愿书的要求，但没有设定何时必须完成这一要求的时间表。
“If the [appeal] court agrees with the court below, it's over,” Mahoney said. “But if the court decides that the consultation could have taken place later in the process, well, then we're into a different scenario.”In the latter case, it would trigger a requirement for the government to deal with the initial citizen petition, she said, but there is no timeline set for when that would need to happen.