New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- Albertans have ten ballots to mark in the referendum whose polling day is Monday, and only one of them asks anything about leaving Canada. Even that one would not take the province out.

that Alberta "should remain a province of Canada," or that the provincial government "should commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum" on separating. The government's order says the result is not binding.

The other nine questions are Premier Danielle Smith's proposals on immigration and constitutional change, and they are what she most wants voters to back. Smith, who voted Wednesday to stay in Canada, said voting yes to the first nine questions "is how we send a mes...