TC Energy CEO Says Canada Can Become Top LNG Supplier to Asia

The LNG Canada industrial energy project is seen under construction in Kitimat, B.C., on Sept. 28, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The chief executive of pipeline operator TC Energy says he believes Canada can be the No. 1 exporter of liquefied natural gas to Asia, but political leadership is crucial to making it happen.

“We have the supply, we have a transportation cost advantage and the demand is there for the taking,” François Poirier said in a speech Thursday to Canadian Club Toronto.