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The great pipeline debate has finally gone national.

The Trudeau Liberals say the death of the Kinder Morgan expansion would also kill any hope of a national climate change plan.

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A fight that only a week ago was regional, economic and environmental is now existential. The Liberals are casting the pipeline issue on a much larger stage of climate and country.

Which is pretty much what Premier Rachel Notley wanted them to do months ago.

The Liberal audience is progressives and environmentalists who may not like the pipeline, but are suddenly terrified by the thought of a future with Prime Minister Andrew Scheer, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

The Liberals ask if Canadians want to lose national climate measures in order to kill one pipeline expansion on B.C.’s Lower Mainland.

And from their perspective, they have a point, because the threats to Canadian climate agendas are serious and growing.