Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s accusation Tuesday that B.C. Premier David Eby is being “un-Canadian” in dismissing her oil pipeline idea is dead wrong.

It’s as Canadian as all get out to have provinces fighting each other over resource issues while appealing for a prime minister to sort things out.

This latest classic example of Confederation in action could come to a head by Grey Cup day, Nov. 16, the date Smith arbitrarily set for Prime Minister Mark Carney to make the next move.

It could make for quite a half-time show.

Carney has to determine whether his emergency nation-building program to counter U.S. threats includes a multi-billion-dollar north coast pipeline project that has already foundered more than once, has to run through an assortment of First Nation objections and reconciliation protocols and exists only in Smith’s mind because there are no private-sector proponents at this time.

It makes the next month even more uncomfortable for Eby, beset by a public-sector strike that is going to escalate sharply and starting a legislative sitting where all the knives are out.

Smith’s remarks at an........

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