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You can almost hear Premier Notley’s voice.

Where is Justin? Where is he? He said he would stand by us, fight for us. He told us the pipeline would be built. Where can he be?

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We’ve come a long way in a few short weeks. It hasn’t been pretty.

Last month, the self-styled smart set said the pipeline war was all but done. Surrender was just over the next hill.

Trudeau’s people were behind closed doors with B.C. Premier Horgan’s people. They’d show them who was boss.

Later, Premier Notley even declared victory and ditched the B.C. wine ban, taking her foot off the gas. For her, B.C. had in a small way blinked. Some blink.

Where are we now? There is no surrender, nothing is over, no one is blinking and Team Trudeau did not come to our aid, perform some magic and give us the big win.

The idea Albertans paying a carbon tax would get us a no-muss, no-fuss shovels in the ground pipeline is a topic best avoided in polite company.