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Varcoe: Will Canada Answer the Call for LNG? ‘It’s a TBD,’ Says Enbridge Head

'When our big allies, the Germans and the Japanese, come knocking, we've got to answer that door'

Varcoe: Will Canada Answer the Call for LNG? ‘It’s a TBD,’ Says Enbridge Head

'When our big allies, the Germans and the Japanese, come knocking, we've got to answer that door'

Published 02-09-23

Submitted by Enbridge Inc.

LNG Canada site construction
Image courtesy of Calgary Herald: LNG Canada site construction activities are held in Kitimat, B.C., in September 2022. LNG Canada/Handout via REUTERS

Originally published by Calgary Herald

By Chris Varcoe

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Image courtesy of Calgary Herald: Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel.

The CEO of Canada’s largest energy company says countries such as Japan and Germany are knocking on our front door seeking supplies of natural gas.

Will this country answer the call? Are we doing enough to grow the LNG sector?

LNG Canada construction site
Image courtesy of Calgary Herald: Construction continues at the LNG Canada site near Kitimat, B.C. LNG Canada/Handout via REUTERS

“It’s a TBD,” Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel said in an interview Wednesday.

“When our big allies, the Germans and the Japanese, come knocking, we’ve got to answer that door . . . We recognize we have an obligation to answer the door and, in good Canadian fashion, we need to make sure — we’re deciding how to open the door.”

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Image courtesy of Calgary Herald: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a news conference on Jan. 12 in Ottawa. DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images

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