感恩节致辞力主团结 卡尼吁阿尔伯塔留在加拿大：不能在断层线上建大事
2026年10月12日，加拿大感恩节，总理卡尼发布节日致辞，把主题直接对准一周后的阿尔伯塔投票。据美联社当日报道，卡尼警告，10月19日的投票若选择开启通往分离公投的进程，将在一个对加拿大而言危险的时刻启动「漫长而不确定的进程」。他在视频中说：「今年的感恩节有点不同。」
这段视频在卡尼少年时就读的埃德蒙顿圣方济各泽维尔高中拍摄，他提醒观众自己在阿尔伯塔长大。卡尼说，联邦政府正在阿尔伯塔「做大事」，包括一条通往西海岸的新管道，但国家若分裂，这些目标便无法实现——「你不能在断层线上建大事」。他说，一代代阿尔伯塔人参与建设了这个国家，「它是你们的，也是我们的，值得为之奋斗」。
10月19日的投票将问阿尔伯塔人：本省应留在加拿大，还是指示省政府启动法律程序、迈向一场有约束力的分离公投；该投票本身不具约束力，不会直接让阿尔伯塔脱离联邦。发起投票的省长丹妮尔·史密斯本人支持留在加拿大，她说近期民调显示分离支持率约22%，这个数字「仍然太高，令我不安」。分离运动领袖基思·威尔逊则呼吁选民支持走向公投，以获得与渥太华打交道的「杠杆与持久改变」。
背景是美国总统特朗普的贸易战与吞并言论持续冲击加美关系，加拿大国内的统一辩论因此更显敏感。保守党党魁波利耶夫定于周五在卡尔加里演讲，呼吁阿尔伯塔留在加拿大；不列颠哥伦比亚省省长尹大卫也在感恩节致辞中鼓励阿尔伯塔人选择团结。莱杰10月8日的民调显示，70%受访者倾向留下，22%倾向启动分离程序。
In Thanksgiving Message, Carney Urges Alberta to Stay: 'You Can't Build Big Things on Fault Lines'
On Thanksgiving Day, October 12, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney used his holiday message to address Alberta's vote one week later. The Associated Press reported that Carney warned a vote to begin the process toward a separation referendum would start a long and uncertain process at a dangerous time for Canada. This year, Thanksgiving is a bit different, he said in the video message.
Filmed at his old high school, St. Francis Xavier in Edmonton, Carney noted he grew up in Alberta. He said the federal government is building big things in the province, including a new pipeline to the West Coast, but that Canada cannot achieve those goals if the country is divided. You can't build big things on fault lines, he said, adding that generations of Albertans helped build the country and that it is worth fighting for.
The October 19 ballot asks Albertans whether the province should remain in Canada or direct the provincial government to begin the legal process toward a later, binding separation referendum; the vote itself is non-binding and would not directly remove Alberta from the federation. Premier Danielle Smith, who called the vote, supports remaining in Canada and has said polling puts separation support at roughly 22 percent, a level she called still too high for her liking. Independence leader Keith Wilson urged a vote for the referendum path, arguing Alberta needs leverage and lasting change in its dealings with Ottawa.
The debate unfolds against U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war and repeated talk of making Canada the 51st state, which has strained relations between the longtime allies. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was scheduled to speak in Calgary on Friday urging Alberta to stay, and B.C. Premier David Eby used his own Thanksgiving message to encourage unity. Léger's October 8 poll found 70 percent of respondents favoured remaining in Canada, versus 22 percent for starting the separation process.
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