The world worries about unstable supply routes, geopolitical flare-ups. Canada gets rare opportunity to sell more energy to more countries, at better prices, and less dependence on the United States.
I really like the twist in your words today Fred... especially "it isn't anti-American". Being a Canadian senior citizen enraged from the beginning of the tariffs and watching the sick regime down there cause so much damage to the world, being sick to my stomach at every glance of his photo on the news or my feed, I do appreciate turning that curve towards owning our changes and elevating above the "anti-U.S", anti-American people. This curve has gradually brought me great respect and honour for Canada, and great excitement to see our Prime Minister churning away for our greater good. My focus will stay on buying Canadian whenever I can, but maybe not to be so much "anti-American" as being a more focused member of my own country, Canada. Arlene Dickinson, on Instagram/Threads has begun posting photos and statements of what she loves about Canada, our history, our accomplishments, our spectacular land - and this has begun turning me also... towards appreciation - and away from thinking it was only the U.S. that had all the beauty, all the excitement, all the everything. It actually feels weird now to be giving so much attention and appreciation for another country without valuing my own. This looking away has I believe made us stagnant. What a grand place we are in right now and how damn lucky we are to have seen the writing on the wall and voting in PM Mark Carney.
I feel you beginning to move in a direction that is just as informative and easy to take in but now kind of adding in some healing. And I appreciate this Fred.
This is good news for our economy, but potentially hazardous for our environment. We do truly need to refocus our efforts soon to rely more on renewables. Otherwise, our own species might be the first to go extinct as the planet changes.
Canada's energy exports could really take off if there were a way to remove all of the self serving extortionist roadblocks holding us back. Quebec and Indigenous greed will mean that Canada can never achieve its potential. Federal and Provincial red tape is also a prime culprit.
I like the premise of your article Fred, but the reality is that Canada will never be an energy superpower. Alberta will continue to send more oil south and the USA will become the one exporting our product to the rest of the world.
What are you talking about? Canada is the 4th largest crude oil producer and the 5th largest natural gas producer in the world. Canada IS an energy superpower. The issue now facing us is the diversification of our export markets, which appears to be now finally happening.
You are absolutely right, Fred. We have wasted decades getting in our own way. I believe that there is definitely the political will right now to build in the proper way - including indigenous consultation and partnership and proper environmental review, without taking years and years to get to a decision. I guess we can thank Trump for at least that. But strong enough political will to get a NG pipeline through Quebec? I’m not sure we’ll ever have the right circumstances for that.
"The goal isn’t to replace the United States.
The goal is to stop depending on it.
Those are two very different things.
Diversification isn’t anti-American.
It’s simply smart business."
I really like the twist in your words today Fred... especially "it isn't anti-American". Being a Canadian senior citizen enraged from the beginning of the tariffs and watching the sick regime down there cause so much damage to the world, being sick to my stomach at every glance of his photo on the news or my feed, I do appreciate turning that curve towards owning our changes and elevating above the "anti-U.S", anti-American people. This curve has gradually brought me great respect and honour for Canada, and great excitement to see our Prime Minister churning away for our greater good. My focus will stay on buying Canadian whenever I can, but maybe not to be so much "anti-American" as being a more focused member of my own country, Canada. Arlene Dickinson, on Instagram/Threads has begun posting photos and statements of what she loves about Canada, our history, our accomplishments, our spectacular land - and this has begun turning me also... towards appreciation - and away from thinking it was only the U.S. that had all the beauty, all the excitement, all the everything. It actually feels weird now to be giving so much attention and appreciation for another country without valuing my own. This looking away has I believe made us stagnant. What a grand place we are in right now and how damn lucky we are to have seen the writing on the wall and voting in PM Mark Carney.
I feel you beginning to move in a direction that is just as informative and easy to take in but now kind of adding in some healing. And I appreciate this Fred.
Jude, this may be one of the most thoughtful comments I've read in a long time.
I think many Canadians started from a place of anger, frustration, and even betrayal.
That's understandable.
But we can only stare at someone else's house for so long before we forget to take care of our own.
What has interested me most over the past few months is watching Canadians rediscover Canada.
Our history.
Our strengths.
Our resources.
Our people.
Not because we're better than anyone else, but because we finally started paying attention.
If GeezerWise is evolving at all, I hope it's moving toward exactly what you described...
less outrage, more understanding; less reaction, more reflection; less focus on what we're against, more focus on what we're building.
Thank you for seeing that.
Canada has H2 Hydrogen, clean hydrogen escaping from rocks underground if they can capture it and liquidity it better than a Gold Mine.
Well said Fred
Thanks Fred - a rational analysis of how PM Carney is moving forward without drama..an admirable leader for sure
The big differentiator will be what actions are done (the building, the contracts, the transport infrastructure etc) and how quickly.
I believe Canadians will move fast!
This is good news for our economy, but potentially hazardous for our environment. We do truly need to refocus our efforts soon to rely more on renewables. Otherwise, our own species might be the first to go extinct as the planet changes.
Thanks again Fred, you aced it! Good to keep up with the facts versus, fakers :)
Canada's energy exports could really take off if there were a way to remove all of the self serving extortionist roadblocks holding us back. Quebec and Indigenous greed will mean that Canada can never achieve its potential. Federal and Provincial red tape is also a prime culprit.
I like the premise of your article Fred, but the reality is that Canada will never be an energy superpower. Alberta will continue to send more oil south and the USA will become the one exporting our product to the rest of the world.
Frank, I think you're right about one thing... Canada has spent decades getting in its own way.
But I'd separate legitimate consultation and environmental review from the broader problem of governments taking years to make decisions.
Investors can work with a "yes" and they can work with a "no."
What they struggle with is a five-year maybe.
As for Canada never becoming a major energy exporter, I'm not convinced.
Twenty years ago, most of our energy infrastructure was built around serving the U.S. market because that was where the demand was.
Today the world is changing. Europe, Asia, and Japan are actively looking for stable suppliers, and Canada happens to have resources they need.
Will we become an energy superpower overnight? No.
Will we miss opportunities if we don't build infrastructure faster? Absolutely.
The question isn't whether Canada has the resources.
The question is whether we have the political will to get our products to customers outside North America.
The next decade should answer that pretty clearly.
What are you talking about? Canada is the 4th largest crude oil producer and the 5th largest natural gas producer in the world. Canada IS an energy superpower. The issue now facing us is the diversification of our export markets, which appears to be now finally happening.
You are absolutely right, Fred. We have wasted decades getting in our own way. I believe that there is definitely the political will right now to build in the proper way - including indigenous consultation and partnership and proper environmental review, without taking years and years to get to a decision. I guess we can thank Trump for at least that. But strong enough political will to get a NG pipeline through Quebec? I’m not sure we’ll ever have the right circumstances for that.