Nenshi appeared on the sketch comedy show on Tuesday to talk the controversial pipeline that was recently opposed by Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre and several other mayors from the area .

So Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is looking further east — to Halifax, where CBC's "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" is taped.

Naheed Nenshi joins Mark Critch to talk about the Energy East Pipeline. See the refined interview Tuesday at 8:30pm (9NT) on Your CBC TV!

Nenshi illustrates the project's benefits by jokingly building a pipeline from CBC's Calgary studio to the "22 Minutes" stage in Halifax.

Into the pipeline he puts a jar of Alberta bitumen — and magically, money comes out the other side.

The clip later takes a shot at Montreal when "22 Minutes" actor Mark Critch puts a Canadiens jersey in the pipeline. You can discover for yourself what comes out on Nenshi's end.

It was a light take on a cross-country conflict that has seen Nenshi and other politicians go head-to-head with Coderre over Energy East.

It's a project that, if approved, would take 1.1 million barrels of oil from Alberta to refineries in Eastern Canada every day, before being shipped out of a terminal in New Brunswick.

Nenshi said the pipeline is undergoing a "rigorous science-based process" administered by the National Energy Board, and that it deserves a chance to prove its safety and merits.

Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson, meanwhile, said that politicizing the project "is not good for the country."