Seven years ago, Quebec Premier François Legault made a very unfortunate comment, calling oil from Alberta’s oil sands “dirty energy.” “I am not embarrassed to refuse dirty energy while we are offering clean energy at a competitive price,” Legault said, rejecting the idea of a pipeline crossing Quebec’s territory to reach the port of Saint John, New Brunswick. Albertans were incensed, and rightfully so, considering that Quebec receives billions in equalization payments thanks, in part, to Alberta’s prosperity. Consider also that Quebecers consume millions of barrels of gas from the oil sands each year.