According to a recent Abacus survey, only 42 per cent of Quebecers are in favour of building a new Alberta-BC oil pipeline as outlined by the MOU signed two weeks ago by the governments of Canada and Alberta. This is 13 points below the national average. Even in British Columbia, where one might expect the lowest support, 53 per cent of the respondents are favourable to the project. Why are Quebecers so unenthusiastic about this nation-building initiative? And why is opposition nearly as high in Quebec as is in BC (26 per cent vs 30 per cent), even though Quebec’s territory will not be affected in the slightest?

Reactions from Quebec politicians and commentators have been overwhelmingly negative. “Mark Carney has just made it clear that, whatever the cost, he will push through an unpreced

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