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The politics of pipelines used to be a lot simpler.

It used to be Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper thundering to U.S. lawmakers that he won’t take no for an answer on the Keystone XL pipeline. At the time, environmentalists and left-leaning politicians were appropriately aghast.

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Now, an NDP Alberta premier is touring the country — or at least a few select cities — touting the benefits of pipelines that take Albertan oil to market.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has borrowed Rachel Notley’s logic, framing his environmental policies as a way to smooth over pipeline approvals and win “social license” for the emissions-intense bitumen shipped from the oil sands.

As Canadians start to feel the pinch from newly-introduced carbon taxes, the pipelines — and the jobs they bring — take on an increased importance.

Here’s where the major pipeline projects stand as we push into the second half of both Notley and Trudeau’s first term in power.