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It’s a dark time for Alberta energy but there’s reason to hope. Out of despair and anger, out of getting shafted on oil prices and getting schooled by anti-oil propagandists, we’re coming together in a way that will lead to success.

On the left, the governing NDP has dropped the last shreds of its old naive anti-pipeline politics. On the right, both oil industry and conservative political leaders have generally backed away from their own counterproductive resistance to working with Indigenous communities and from having higher environmental standards.

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As a result, Alberta is on the war path like it hasn’t been in decades.

Yes, the governing NDP and the opposition UCP completely disagree on whether or not a carbon tax is needed and effective. And, yes, the UCP is pushing a more aggressive battle campaign overall.

But both left and right agree on the need to a) counteract the propaganda efforts of anti-pipeline activists, b) push the federal government to axe or greatly alter Bill C-69, its proposed assessment program for new mining, oil and gas and pipeline projects, c) end the B.C. northwest coast tanker ban, and d) convince Canadian governments to move away from shipping in dictator oil on tankers.