The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is on a cross-Canada mission to push for pipelines. The Globe's Barrie McKenna writes Mr. Prentice was in British Columbia on Monday, and Quebec City on Tuesday; on Wednesday he meets Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. It is not going well. Energy East, Northern Gateway, Keystone XL and Trans Mountain are all facing serious setbacks, with little chance they will be built in the near term. Energy accounts for a quarter of the Canadian economy. From oil and gas to hydroelectric power, energy is more than a treasured national asset and a profitable export, it is the future, as Mr. Prentice pointed out in a speech on Monday to the Vancouver Board of Trade. The notion of a national strategy remains an elusive dream. Instead, Canada has become a nation of energy silos, where regions not only do not talk to each other, they often work at cross purposes, resulting in a collective loss to the country as a whole. Quebec and Ontario have thrown up new roadblocks to TransCanada's $12-billion Energy East pipeline. His pitch to Mr. Couillard and Ms. Wynne is part peace offering on climate change, along with a plea for "nation building."