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Call it doublespeak, fuzzwords, mediaspeak, or just plain confusing. But what does Ottawa mean by its constant befuddlement on LNG exports? It begins, of course, with Prime Minister Trudeau responding in late August to pressing German appeals for LNG from Canada by saying there has “never been a strong business case” for exports to Europe…

The federal government is under increasing pressure from First Nations to open avenues to enable Indigenous equity investment in resource projects. A national campaign is under way, sparked by the Indigenous Resource Network (IRN) and Executive Director Robert Merasty, who says: “Probably 99 per cent of the time, bands don’t have the necessary capital to…

By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance So Prime Minister Trudeau says there has “never been a strong business case” for liquified natural gas exports from Canada’s East Coast to Europe. “There needs to be a business case,” he added. “It needs to make sense for Germany to be receiving LNG directly from…

As hopes for LNG exports via the East Coast hang in the balance, there were reports that Ottawa and Quebec might both be willing, somehow, to give them a chance. This as political pressure on both governments rose, citing Germany’s pleas for Canadian LNG. National Post reported: “The possible revival of a liquefied natural gas…

The natural gas and LNG industry has been pushing hard to sell Ottawa on the idea that we start building one or more LNG plants on the East Coast, to export LNG to European buyers. At one point, we hoped for a bright future for this. But the louder the messages from Ottawa, the less…