No wonder B.C. Premier David Eby has a bee in his bonnet about Alberta.

Despite the endless carping he indulges in, Eby understands his province is getting left behind by its prairie neighbour. Maybe he believes that by denigrating Alberta, no one will notice the poor job he’s doing at the helm of what was once Canada’s West Coast jewel.

The ultimate insult came last month: StatCan predicting Alberta will pass B.C. in total population within a decade. That must sting. Moan, groan and insult all you like, but numbers don’t lie — people overwhelmingly prefer Alberta to B.C.

According to official predictions, once Alberta becomes the third most populous province in 2036, it will zoom ahead of its western neighbour — by 2050 it will have a population of seven million, 400,000 more than those calling B.C. home.

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