The torturous, winding position of the BC NDP government on a new oil pipeline has twisted yet again after Premier David Eby announced his government would not oppose a new privately backed project from Alberta to the province’s north coast.

B.C.’s premier did a circuit of national media shows over the weekend, seeking to downplay, clarify and tweak previous comments he’s made in opposition to a new Alberta-B.C. pipeline.

“Sometimes I feel like the media is gathering around and chanting fight, fight, fight between us and Alberta right now,” Eby told CTV host Vassy Kapelos.

“There's no fight here now.”

He bristled when asked by CBC’s Rosemary Barton if there was a way to make a pipeline palatable.

“I think it’s a simplification and not quite right to say I’ve said no,” said Eby.

Stupid media. Always pushing sweet, innocent politicians around, egging on imaginary conflicts. Wherever do those mouth-breathing Neanderthals in the MSM get such an idea that B.C. opposed an oil pipeline?

Certainly not last month, when Eby emerged from a meeting of Western premiers in Yellowknife to tell B.C. media where he stood on a new pipeline.

“No, we’re opposed,” he said.

Or during his trade mission to Asia in early June.

“It’s not my job to tell Premier [Danielle] Smith that her vision for a North Coast pipeline is many,........

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