Don’t expect any boring oil pipelines in Mark Carney’s announcement Thursday about projects of national interest. In his last few public appearances, Carney has downplayed the idea, downplayed the importance of the oil and gas industry and downplayed concerns the industry has about government regulation.

At a time when Carney and his government say they’re focused on reducing our reliance on the American economy, his comments aren’t just foolish, they come with a real economic cost.

“So boring,” Carney said on Thursday at the Canadian Club when asked if a pipeline would come.

Carney was dismissive of journalist Amber Kanwar who tried to insist it wasn’t boring and mocked the idea by asking the Toronto business audience to raise their hands if they were “working on the pipeline.” At on

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