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Prime Minister Mark Carney has signed a deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith that the two sides say will make Canada a ‘global energy superpower.’

Boom.

Until this week, among the more reliable constants in Canadian politics were that the federal Liberals would oppose building any new pipelines to the B.C. coast (the Trans Mountain exception proving the rule); that Alberta’s United Conservatives would oppose any extension of carbon pricing (beyond what the province already had in place); and that the two governing parties, so different in outlook and support bases, would remain perpetual sparring partners.

All that has just changed. The memorandum of understanding Mark Carney and Danielle Smith have just signed goes far beyond the fate of a single pipeline. It is an int

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