Calgary Herald Columnist Implicitly Endorses Liberal Majority

Here in Calgary, Don Braid is the most faithful of Conservative water carriers.  And he strongly supports the TMX pipeline.  So while he might not realize it yet (logic not being a strong underpinning of his opinions) his recent column The final, lethal pipeline threat — a Liberal minority is a call for Calgarians to elect Liberals.

He is right in many ways:

1. Current polls indicate a minority government is likely
2. A minority government led by either the Liberals or Conservatives could not get the support of the NDP or Greens for pipelines
3. There does not appear to be a path for a Conservative majority
4. A Liberal minority will retreat from support for TMX.  This flip-flop would in some ways represent the will of the people.

It follows that the immense support for the Conservatives in Alberta will not get the pipeline built.  The inescapable conclusion is that the best way for Alberta to get oil to tidewater is to elect a substantial number of Liberals led by a Trudeau.

Quebec is very adroit at electing MPs who will care for their interests.  Will Albertans?

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