It’s Time Canada Saw Energy as Power, Not as a Liability

Canada has energy the world is begging for, but ideology and red tape are holding us back.

Crude oil tankers are docked at the Trans Mountain Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, B.C., on June 10, 2024. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Commentary

As Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump recently, energy should have been the issue behind every headline, whether mentioned or not. Canada’s future as a sovereign, economically resilient country will depend in no small part on whether the country seizes this moment or stalls out again in a fog of regulatory inertia and political ambivalence.