The Canadian province of Alberta voted this Monday in favor of remaining part of Canada, according to the first projections made public by the public broadcaster CBC News. With just over a third of the votes counted, 76% of voters declared themselves in favor of not breaking ties with the federal government. The consultation held, however, was not directly about independence. Voters had to answer yes or no to the following question: “Should Alberta continue as a province of Canada, or should the government of Alberta begin the legal process required by the Constitution of Canada to carry out a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?” For the most part, they did not even want to consider it.