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Part prime minister, part faith healer, Justin Trudeau tried to pull the country back together Sunday under the flag of Kinder Morgan.

It came amid signs that any national consensus is further fracturing.

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The Quebec government — Liberals, no less — are now siding with B.C.’s adamant opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline to the west coast.

Ottawa’s assertion of dominance on Kinder Morgan “is not a good sign for federalism,” said Premier Philippe Couillard.

“The recent assertions of federal representatives regarding the Trans Mountain pipeline, which refer to an exclusive application of federal rules, are detrimental to a proper resolution of this issue and raise concerns for the future,” wrote Jean-Marc Fournier, the Quebec minister responsible for Canadian Relations.

Many Albertans will find Quebec’s attitude infuriating. Quebec opposition was a major factor in the death of the Energy East pipeline. The resistance began under the leadership of a former federal Liberal minister, Denis Coderre, when he was mayor of Montreal and nobody even knew details of the project.