Professor Ian Urquhart: Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. That's a dangerous myth.

In 2018, due to regulatory and political uncertainties surrounding the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, Kinder Morgan decided to suspend all non-essential spending on the project. To ensure its completion, the Canadian government agreed to purchase Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain assets, including the pipeline and terminal facilities, for C$4.5 billion. This acquisition led to the establishment of the Trans Mountain Corporation, a federal Crown corporation responsible for the pipeline's operation and the expansion project.

Yeah, but Albertans hear Quebec mentioned in the news once every six months and think they're totally alone and ignored while everyone else is getting constant attention. Meanwhile, their internal map of Canada is Alberta ("the west") and Ontario ("the east"), and if they speak of anywhere else in the country, it's with total and complete revulsion and spite.

But they do go on.

Huh.. Urquhart. Like the castle ruins by the Loch Ness in Scotland.