My bet is, at least when it comes to oil and gas, the decision not to mention the energy sector was premeditated.

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Over the weekend, on NFL and World Junior Hockey telecasts, the federal government began running two new ads about their plan to “Build Canada strong.”

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The ads are well done. If you saw one or both, perhaps they even pulled at your patriotic heartstrings a little. Maybe you thought, “Yeah, we can build great projects again, like the St. Lawrence Seaway!”

Frankly, I think the ads smack of Liberal Party of Canada campaign ads rather than public service announcements, but the bigger problem is they are horribly biased, regionally.

The government — the Liberal government — says Canada can build a strong economic future using Canadian workers, steel, lumber and technology. No problem there. Those are skills or commodities that are important to........

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