A Milestone Fourteen Years in the Making
On June 30, 2025, the LNG carrier GasLog Glasgow slipped its lines and began its 20-day sail from Kitimat, British Columbia, to Incheon, South Korea. This 20-day journey has been fourteen years in the making.
Canada Finally Joins the LNG Exporters’ Club
Canadians should celebrate the outcome, if not the process. The truth is that by any global comparison, the LNG Canada’s path to operational status has been a slog:
Why Canada LNG Export Matters to Readers
Canada finally joins the LNG exporters’ club, but the comparison underscores how much opportunity was forfeited by regulatory drift, political turnover, and infrastructure blockades. “Better late than never” rings true—yet if we hope to double Phase 2 at Kitimat, push Cedar or Woodfibre across the line, or build the coming fleet of SMRs in time for the AI-powered demand surge, we cannot afford another decade-long detour.
The World Has Been Waiting for Canadian LNG
This isn’t just about the Canadian oil-and-gas producers—the world has been begging Canada to develop these assets. Germany’s former Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and METI Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Poland’s President Andrzej Duda have all publicly urged Ottawa to supply Canadian LNG to help secure their countries’ energy security.
Canada’s Costly Energy Delay—An Avoidable Own Goal
Until now, we have had the Proven Gas Reserves, but no LNG exports at all. This may be one of the most costly “own-goals” in our country’s history.
A New CANDU Attitude Toward Resource Development
Energy and resources are Canada’s super-power, and they pair naturally with our other home-grown advantage: CANDU nuclear technology. As Ontario pours concrete for North America’s first commercial SMR and Ottawa funds refurbishment of legacy units, a new “Candu attitude” is taking shape—one that prizes competence, speed and national purpose for resource development over endless procedural roadblocks.
Mark Carney’s Push for Energy Progress
Whatever you think of his politics, Mark Carney’s cross-party push for Bill C-5 captures the same urgency: unlock private capital, streamline approvals, and let Canadian know-how do its job. LNG Canada shows the payoff when we finally act; Bill C-5 is designed to prevent the next breakthrough from arriving a decade late.
Post-Canada Day Reflection: What Comes Next
Three thoughts to carry forward:
- Celebrate the win—loudly. It’s fashionable to downplay resource victories. Don’t. Every cargo that leaves Kitimat lowers global emissions by displacing coal, strengthens alliances, and adds high-value jobs at home.
- Demand better timelines. The next phase of LNG, critical minerals, SMRs and grid upgrades must run on clock speed, not calendar decades. Politicians of every stripe need to feel that urgency.
- Own the opportunity. Canadian investors, businesses and policymakers have a chance to turn energy abundance into durable prosperity—not in theory, but on the water right now.
From Fireworks to Fuel—A New Canadian Standard
This Canada Day we lit fireworks while Glasgow lit her boilers—both symbols of pride, but only one capable of powering the future. Better late than never is a start. Never this late again must be the new Canadian standard.
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