During the federal election, Trudeau, campaigning in Montreal, urged Quebecers “to stand up and fight against” Alberta’s premier, whom Trudeau condemned (along with Ontario Premier Doug Ford) as not simply wrong on issues like climate change, gun control and addressing poverty, but unCanadian.

How many times do Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have to display their open contempt for Alberta before they’re criticized for dividing the country, as opposed to the Liberal/liberal media narrative it’s all Premier Jason Kenney’s fault?

By contrast, Trudeau said: “We’ve demonstrated that we, as a team of Quebecers, are always there to stand up for Quebec values and indeed Canadian values,” a shocking way of playing off one part of the country against another.

But that’s nothing new for Trudeau.

In 2010, when Stephen Harper was PM, representing the Alberta riding of Calgary Southwest, Trudeau, then a Liberal MP, told a Quebec media outlet: “Canada isn’t doing well right now because it’s Albertans who control our community and socio-democratic agenda. It doesn’t work.”

Asked if Canada was better off with Quebecers in charge of Canada rather than Albertans, Trudeau said:

“I’m a Liberal, so, of course, I think so, yes. Certainly, when we look at the great prime ministers of the 20th century, those that really stood the test of time, they were MPs from Quebec. There was (Pierre) Trudeau, there was (Brian) Mulroney, there was (Jean) Chretien, there was Paul Martin. We have a role. This country, Canada, it belongs to us.”