By the time you read this, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have flown to town for his brief tête-à-tête with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, posed for the obligatory grip ‘n’ grin photo op, burped out a few sound bites, and vamoosed.

The day’s big announcement: a commitment by the feds to fast-track $700 million in federal infrastructure dollars — already pledged by the previous Conservative government — and to inject up to $250 million in fiscal stabilization money. That’s all very nice, but for a province running a $6-billion-plus annual deficit, it will have a negligible impact.

What’s really needed is a different approach from Trudeau on the need for new oil export pipelines. But it doesn’t seem that was forthcoming. Given that, it’s hard not to be a tad cynical about his views on Alberta or its energy industry and the vital role it has played in the Canadian economy in recent decades.