Does it really matter that Singh and Notley are "at war" over this specific pipeline project, when they are simply reflecting the deeper political tectonic divides of our time - dirtier resource extraction economics versus cleaner knowledge and service economies, declining rural and small town communities typically based on agriculture and resource extraction versus expanding metropolitan areas based on financial services and high tech, and Alberta as a younger and more aggressive population versus the rest of the Canadian federation, which tends to be older and more traditional in its politics and economic thinking. Compare, for example, Notley who has tried to innovate and experiment, with Horgan who takes very traditional views on BC, or with Singh who is a very traditional cosmopolitan. In this sense, the NDP simply reflects the divides that are emerging, and, as a party, has no coherent vision that will bring people together. But, nor do the other political parties.