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Just what Alberta needs: another hereditary chief, based in beautiful British Columbia, itching to stick his nose into whether any pipeline should be built anywhere across that province.

OK, I’m jumping the gun. After all, Prince Harry and his lovely wife Meghan haven’t announced if their future Canadian home is actually going to be in Lotusland, although they did have a jolly good time on Vancouver Island over Christmas.

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Still, if B.C.’s their choice, they’ll have company, given the number of hereditary (if unelected) chiefs, who are now trying to block the Coastal GasLink project, a move that’s even annoyed that previously sturdy steward of everything green and good, B.C. Premier John Horgan. Remarkable how looming elections make jobs a prime concern, isn’t it?

Yes, just when you thought this pipeline debacle couldn’t get any dafter, it still surprises, thereby elevating farce to the wonderful world of pure pantomime.