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Alberta’s United Conservative Party has taken its fight to kick-start the Trans Mountain pipeline across provincial borders, with two ad campaigns running in Ottawa and British Columbia ahead of the federal government’s looming decision on the project.

Called the “Yes to TMX” campaign, the province purchased ad space in Ottawa and B.C.’s lower mainland in the form of digital displays, posters and front-page ads in local newspapers.

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The federal government is expected to decide on the fate of the Trans Mountain expansion on Tuesday, and the province said this multimedia campaign “is a key tool” in spreading its pro-pipeline message “to Canadians, and their federal government” ahead of its decision.

The advertisements range from an optimistic countdown to Tuesday’s decision (including one reading: “in 2 days, say yes to national prosperity”) to warnings of the possible consequences that keeping the expansion project in limbo might cause (with one reading: “another delay, another hospital unbuilt”).