Rob Russo

But I think it takes us back to a question you asked several minutes ago about what role Poiliev is going to play in the

in the referendum, if any.

You know, Jason Kenney believes that Mr. Poiliev should actually lead this, that this would be a way for him to trampoline back into the discussion as a serious national leader.

And I think of what it did for Jean Charest.

Jean Charest was seen as somebody who was a talented politician, reduced to just a member of a two-person caucus after the 1993 election.

And then four or five years later, he's the premier of Quebec.

And that made him a serious candidate to be prime minister again at some point.

So there are those who believe that Mr. Poiliev should take an active, if not a leadership role,

in the Remain in Canada campaign that looks like it's going to happen in October.

I think that more people will come forward, like Mr. Poiliev and others in that campaign in Alberta, once they know that A, there's going to be a question, and B, they know what the question is going to be.

And I think those people will include people like Stephen Harper.

Once that's all cleared, I think that he will also play a role as well, not a leadership role,

but a role because Mr. Harper has tremendous respect still in the province of Alberta.

He's an Albertan.

He loves his province.

And he's a guy who's seen as embodying the best of Alberta.

For many of the people who are...

sort of on the fence you know they they love canada but they don't know uh they don't have enough right now to to really run to to say this is a great deal you know they're still on the fence a little bit i think i think that

The agreement on implementation at the MOU last week on a pipeline is going to help some people in industry perhaps also get off the fence.

We're waiting for industrial captains in the province of Alberta to manifest their colors one way or another.