NDP Premier David Eby is flopping around like an angry walrus in B.C.

It sure is fun to watch.

Eby sounds almost like an Alberta premier during the Justin Trudeau regime, when Ottawa systematically piled up laws that stifled the province’s economy.

Premier Jason Kenney, and now Danielle Smith, complained loudly and often daily.

There’s a big difference, though.

They had just cause for fury. Eby does not.

Your weekday lunchtime roundup of curated links, news highlights, analysis and features.

By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.

The next issue of Noon News Roundup will soon be in your inbox.

We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again

Interested in more newsletters? Browse here.

Bill C-69, the north coast tanker ban, the emissions cap — Trudeau’s Liberals did everything possible to phase out Alberta’s main industry.

This was exactly what the coastal New Democrats wanted. They loved it all.

Now, Eby furiously opposes an end to the tanker ban, or even a limited exception.

He moans that his province was left out of “secret” talks among Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ottawa.

He claims, incredibly, that every energy project in B.C. will collapse if the tanker ban is lifted.

Eby says coastal First Nations have a $1.7-billion economy that will somehow vanish.

He’s putting pressure on the Liberals.

More than a few of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s MPs........

© Calgary Herald