Facing the greatest economic threat since at least the 1970s, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his would-be successors are united once more in fending off the true enemy of the state: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

For nearly a decade, the Liberal government has worked to demonize Alberta’s energy industry. The parade of anti-resource policies out of Ottawa has been relentless: Cancelled pipelines, delayed projects, unconstitutional impact assessment rules, emissions caps, a de-facto embargo on exporting natural gas, the tanker ban, to say nothing of the carbon tax.