Place your bets

Thomas Mulcair makes a wager.

“I don’t think the Northern Gateway is on,” Mr. Mulcair said after a news conference in Vancouver. “The smart money is on that project not going through.”

He also says his mind is more or less made up, regardless of what the federal review eventually says.

Meanwhile, B.C. Premier Christy Clark talks tough, while Alberta’s intergovernmental affairs minister sees no reason to change course.