Why Canada should heed its Energy Minister's call to calm down about oil pipelines

Open this photo in gallery: Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson speaks with journalists in Ottawa on Jan. 8.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Jonathan Wilkinson would like everyone to take a deep breath, when it comes to one of the biggest, costliest and riskiest ways that Canada could try to assert its energy independence in the face of Donald Trump's threats. "People are getting way too ahead of themselves on the oil conversation," the federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister said in an interview this week. "Everybody's sort of running around saying, 'Oh my God, we need a new…