QUESTION PERIOD — Natural Resources
Energy Sector
March 9, 2026
Senator Moreau, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to burn on, obviously, it has an impact on disrupting supply chains. When it comes to the energy sector, we see that Indo-Pacific nations are thirsting for Canadian energy. We see European nations desperate for Canadian energy. Prime Minister Carney has heard it from them. The opposition leader went to Europe last week, and he’s been hearing it from them, yet we’ve had a decade of red tape and constant impediments put in place by the Liberal government at the expense of the Canadian energy sector.
We only have one facility in this country right now, on the West Coast, that can take our large deposit of natural gas, transform it into LNG and ship it out. We have no capacity on the East Coast. When will your government, once and for all, acknowledge that their energy policies have been a catastrophe in this country for the economy and the energy sector? Now the whole world’s energy supply is at risk because of the bad, bad decisions by this Canadian government.
It’s not a bad decision to try to make Canada an energy superpower. The federal government has two memorandums of understanding, or MOUs, with Alberta to ensure that we are fast‑tracking a project that could be an answer to that question. The current situation reinforces the fact that our allies are looking for a stable, reliable energy supply in an increasingly uncertain world. The Major Projects Office and the fast-tracking that the government has implemented are a solution to that. Canada could be a reliable energy superproducer, and we’re working on it with all the provinces and especially with the Government of Alberta with the two MOUs that we signed recently with that government.
With all due respect, government leader, once upon a time, Canada was an energy power. Right now, you’ve acknowledged you’re trying to make Canada an energy power.
Last week, Canadian Natural Resources Limited deferred expansion plans for its Jackpine Mine in Alberta due to federal regulatory uncertainty. That means $8.2 billion in delayed investment and a message to our allies and global energy markets that they cannot rely on Canadian energy under this government. If your government is truly serious about making Canada an energy superpower, repeal Bill C-69, get rid of the red —
Senator Moreau.
And drill. When we’re talking about making Canada an energy superpower, we’re not only thinking about drilling, but we’re also thinking about clean energy, which your government didn’t do in the past. So in making Canada an energy superprovider, we will be open to windmills — I’m not sure you’re in agreement with that — regular energy and clean energy everywhere across the country.
Senator Moreau, we do not have anyone else on the list.
