多伦多：支持哈利斯坦分离主义的分裂分子已公开表示支持加拿大阿尔伯塔省计划于本月晚些时候举行的分离主义公投。阿尔伯塔省公投将于10月19日举行，核心议题是该省是否应继续留在加拿大，抑或省政府是否应“启动加拿大宪法规定的法律程序，举行具有约束力的省级公投，以决定阿尔伯塔省是否脱离加拿大”。
Toronto: Pro-Khalistan secessionists have come out in support of a separatist referendum scheduled to be held in the Canadian province of Alberta later this month. The Alberta Referendum will be held on October 19, and focuses on whether the province should remain in Canada, or whether the provincial government should “commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada”.A day prior, on October 18, the secessionist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) is holding its so-called Khalistan Referendum in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta.
一天前，即10月18日，分裂组织“锡克正义组织”（SFJ）将在阿尔伯塔省首府埃德蒙顿举行所谓的“哈利斯坦公投”。城中已出现宣传该公投的标识，同时亦使用了阿尔伯塔省公投的相关图像。SFJ总法律顾问古尔帕特万特·潘农表示：“无论是阿尔伯塔人民决定阿尔伯塔的政治未来，还是锡克人决定旁遮普的政治未来，基本的民主原则都是一样的：一个民族的政治未来应由该民族自己决定。”
Signage has appeared in the city promoting it while also using imagery for the Alberta referendum.SFJ general counsel Gurpatwant Pannun said, “Whether it is the people of Alberta determining Alberta’s political future or Sikhs determining Punjab’s political future, the fundamental democratic principle is the same: the political future of a people should be determined by the people.”“On October 18, Sikhs vote on Punjab. On October 19, Albertans vote on Alberta’s political future. Different peoples and different constitutional circumstances — but political questions should be settled democratically,” he added.
他补充道：“10月18日，锡克人将为旁遮普投票；10月19日，阿尔伯塔人将为阿尔伯塔的政治未来投票。尽管涉及不同民族和不同的宪法背景，但政治问题都应通过民主方式解决。”渥太华方面对此次公投表示担忧，此前有媒体报道称美国可能介入这一进程，并倾向于支持分裂分子。
There is concern in Ottawa over the referendum amid media reports of potential American interference in the process, favouring the separatists.
总理马克·卡尼明确表示反对该省脱离加拿大；而同意举行公投的艾伯塔省省长丹妮尔·史密斯也公开反对该省脱离加拿大的决定。根据莱杰（Leger）机构周四进行的民意调查，70%的受访者认为艾伯塔省应继续留在加拿大境内，这一比例较8月份上升了5%。这次公投是始于2020年的整个进程的一部分，目前尚未确定具体的结束日期；相关活动主要集中在加拿大的城市和郊区地区。
Prime Minister Mark Carney has obviously opposed separation while provincial Premiere Danielle Smith, who agreed to the referendum, has also come out against breaking away from Canada. In a poll on Thursday, the agency Leger found that 70% of respondents in Alberta felt the province should remain a part of Canada, up 5% since August. The other referendum is part of process which began in 2020, and has no date set for its conclusion, and most of its activity has been concentrated in Canadian cities and suburban areas.SFJ has said that one of its organisers, Avtar Singh Pannu, who is based in the US but has travelled to Edmonton, has received a duty to warn notice from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
据报道，该公投的组织者之一阿夫塔尔·辛格·潘努（Avtar Singh Pannu）收到了加拿大皇家骑警（RCMP）发出的警告通知。通知中写道：“警方确认有人对你的生命构成了威胁。目前，我们无法提供有关该威胁的更多具体细节。”
That notice stated, “The police have determined that a threat has been made against your life. At this time, we are unable to provide you any further, specific details of the threat.”