Let’s throw out a tidbit, a little appetizer to start things off.

There is a very strong and a very persistent rumour Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Calgary next week.

Then a little bird comes down and says don’t miss work next Thursday.

Next Thursday, just before Premier Danielle Smith attends the convention of UCP members in Calgary where, if all goes well, she can claim a win.

When you hear such scuttlebutt again and again and nobody laughs you out of the room and you know Carney and Premier Danielle Smith are said to be close, close, close, close to a deal, a so-called memorandum of understanding outlining a way forward for a bitumen pipeline to the west coast, it is hard not to give into the temptation to connect those dots.

On Friday, Smith is in Calgary talking about tac

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