Oil and Gas

To now declare this bungled project a “gift” to Alberta, as a recent op-ed in the Toronto Star did, is not only tone-deaf: it’s an insult. It ignores the fact that Alberta’s taxpayers helped finance the very project Ottawa botched. It also reveals an astonishing lack of understanding of the historical, economic and political dynamics at play between Ottawa and Western Canada.

In recent months, Alberta’s Premier, Danielle Smith, has reiterated her call for the immediate establishment of a Canadian “border czar” to address escalating trade tensions with the United States. This…