Premier Danielle Smith’s antics earlier this year didn’t exactly help the Conservative election cause, so perhaps it’s unreasonable to expect federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to be doing her any favours right now.

Still, it’s incumbent on Poilievre to tread lightly when it comes to potentially undermining the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that Smith signed with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Those who profess to support pipeline development should have a vested interest in this venture succeeding.

That success is obviously not guaranteed, for a variety of reasons. Certainly, the federal government’s feet should be held to the fire when it comes to holding up their end of the bargain and seeing this through to the end. In that, the official Opposition has a key role to play.

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