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Unexpected relief from post-election funk comes in a column by Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard, published Friday morning in the Financial Post.

It is friendly, respectful, conciliatory and supportive of western energy and prosperity. It’s also a welcome repudiation of the hostile rhetoric from Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet.

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The column also contains significant news — Quebec now supports Alberta’s drive to change fiscal stabilization, the federal program that is supposed to pay provinces that suffer major economic loss.

Alberta officials were delighted but surprised. They immediately called the Quebec premier’s office and confirmed that it’s true.

Because the feds put a $60 per capita limit on this plan, Alberta received only $251 million after economic losses of $6.9 billion.

The province is now demanding a further $1 billion for subsequent losses.

The Quebec minister’s column says: