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Cory Morgan: The Timing of the New Oil Pipeline Plan Announcement

Commentary The timing of Premier Smith and Prime Minister Carney’s announcement declaring the Pacific Link Pipeline project in the national interest feels political. The deadline for such an announcement was set for Oct. 1, but nothing prevented them from making it sooner if they chose. Some of the intent of the choice of date was [...]

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Conservative MP Calls Attention to Partial Chinese Ownership of Canada’s Biggest LNG Company

Conservative MP Dean Allison is calling attention to the fact that Chinese state-controlled entity PetroChina owns 15 percent of Canada’s largest LNG company, LNG Canada. LNG Canada recently announced a final investment decision on Phase Two of its existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in northern B.C., which became operational in the summer of 2025 and is Canada’s first large-scale LNG export facility. The company says the expansion will be operational by the early 2030s and double production capacity from the current 14 million tonnes per year to 28 million tonnes. Ottawa stated that the project expansion is expected to draw approximately $33 billion in private-sector capital and will make the LNG Canada facility the second-largest LNG facility on the globe.

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