Big Oil nurtured 'petro-populists;' now they’re driving separatist cause

Big Oil nurtured 'petro-populists;' now they’re driving separatist cause

How many times do Liberal prime ministers have to learn that coddling Alberta gets them nowhere? Justin Trudeau learned that bitter lesson when he tried to woo Alberta by putting up federal money to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline — after private builders refused to — ultimately leaving Canadian taxpayers on the hook for $34 billion. The memory of that wildly expensive pipeline — and the fact that it won Trudeau no favour in Alberta — shoul…