Carney has been campaigning on boosting the economy and the "need to act forcefully" against President Donald Trump and his tariffs by harvesting Canada's wealth of natural resources — until it all fell flat around him when he admitted he actually had no intention to build pipelines at all.

The prime minister during the Liberal leadership race in March even claimed he believes Canada should have pipelines running from east to west, even through Quebec, a province that rejects the proposed pipelines being built.