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There’s no anti-Alberta character Jason Kenney won’t attack. But sometimes, he should cool it.

The premier is giving Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet too much oxygen by snapping back at his provocative anti-oil statements.

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Blanchet is the boss of a Quebec-only, separatist federal party.

He doesn’t run a government. Unlike earlier Bloc bosses, he’s not even the federal Opposition leader.

The Trudeau Liberal minority won’t depend on his support. The NDP has enough votes for that.

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And the fact remains that nearly 70 per cent of Canadians, in voting either Conservative or Liberal, accepted the Trans Mountain pipeline.

Federal Conservative Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer effectively blasted Blanchet, saying it’s both insulting and disingenuous to say the West is faking a unity crisis.

Good response. Let’s leave it at that.

There’s not much Blanchet can do to hurt Alberta. Except talk. He’s very good at it.