There are times when the Globe has got it exactly backwards.

The worrying thing here is not that the elected government ha been able to extract a fee, but that an unaccountable corporate entity ha been able to get what it wants by, in effect, bribing a sovereign government that has a duty to protect the people.

And, what is more, the government has been bought off for a pittance.

The Globe even objects to the government of one province protecting the rights of its people simply because an oil company from another province would find it convenient to exploit transit rights for free.

Unbelievable.

Yes, a very sad day for democracy - but not for the reason the Globe thinks it is.