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Albertans might be keenly interested in the progress of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project — but not apparently the people in the federal riding of Edmonton Strathcona.

That bit of news comes from the riding’s Member of Parliament, Linda Duncan, who also happens to be Alberta’s only federal NDP member.

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“I have maybe had a handful of emails from people saying, you know, ‘Stand up for the pipeline,’” Duncan said in an interview Monday. “That is not the priority issue that people raise with me.”

It is a remarkable statement when you consider all we seem to talk about politically these days in Alberta is pipelines.

Except for, apparently, the people of Edmonton Strathcona.

Duncan says Premier Rachel Notley is “obsessed” with the Trans Mountain pipeline.

“That’s her political battle,” said Duncan. “That is not mine and I’m not going to get in the middle of that.”

But Duncan is in the middle of it, whether she likes it or not.