Canada should be the world leader in energy markets — so why isn’t it? – Financial Post

May 15, 2015

Compared with the rest of the world’s energy suppliers, Canada has a world-beating social and political record

Canada is a world leader in democratic freedom, transparency, environmental protection and worker rights. So why is it not also a world leader—the supplier of choice—to energy markets all over the world, selling more oil and gas to global markets, not less?

In a number of recent third-party reports on social and economic performance, Canada ranks at or very near the top of global rankings in every category. In other words, Canada has some of the best resources– and some of the best human, social and economic policies–but it still has trouble cracking world resource markets.

These days, the real obstacles to export growth come from within Canada.  The political quagmire in British Columbia surrounding LNG exports is a case in point.  While we squabble inside Canada, few countries can claim Canada’s level of achievement.

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