Liberals say 'no business case' for Canadian LNG while importing it from Egypt
Canada could be exporting its own gas to allies, creating jobs, lowering global emissions by displacing coal, and strengthening energy security. Instead, we’re importing liquified natural gas from Egypt.
For years, the Liberals told Canadians there was “no business case” for Canadian LNG.
No pipelines to tidewater. No East Coast export terminals. No urgency to get our natural gas to global markets. Justin Trudeau said it plainly: exporting Canadian LNG didn’t make economic sense.
So, projects were stalled, cancelled or regulated to death. Investors walked; countries like Japan and Greece, who came begging, were told no. Jobs vanished. Canada, one of the most gas-rich countries on Earth, was told to sit this one out by the people in charge.
And now? Canada is importing LNG — from Egypt.
Here’s what’s actually happening.
A full LNG cargo, roughly 150,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas, was loaded at Egypt’s Idku LNG terminal on the Mediterranean coast. The shipment was arranged by TotalEnergies, one of the world’s largest energy companies, and loaded onto an LNG tanker bound for Canada.
That gas was cooled to minus-162 degrees, liquefied, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean, and sent to Canada’s LNG import terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick, where it will be regasified and fed into our domestic system.
So, let’s be clear about the absurdity here.
Canadian natural gas exists. Canadian demand exists, obviously. Canadian infrastructure, pipelines east from Western gas fields, does not, because the Liberals wouldn’t allow it.
Our allies come asking for LNG, and Justin Trudeau says no.
— Jeremy Patzer (@jeremy_patzer) December 11, 2024
Canada has an energy sector that can power the world, and Justin Trudeau says no. pic.twitter.com/beCSNlSev7
Instead of moving British Columbian and Albertan gas east or west and exporting Canadian LNG to the world, we are importing foreign LNG produced under foreign regulations, by foreign labour, shipped thousands of kilometres at higher cost — with higher emissions, if that matters to you — and calling that normal.
Even better: Egypt isn’t exactly swimming in surplus gas. It has struggled with declining domestic production and rising internal demand. Yet, it still has functioning LNG export terminals, the same terminals Canada was told not to bother building because 'business'.
When the Liberals said there was “no business case,” what they really meant was: no political will. No tolerance for pipelines. No appetite to upset activists. No fairness for Western Canada's industries.
Because the global LNG market clearly exists. European buyers exist. Atlantic shipping routes exist.
Private companies are making money, just not in Canada. It’s a government-made bottleneck.
Poilievre slams Trudeau and Carney for putting Canada behind the rest of the LNG-producing world:
— Jarryd Jäger (@JarrydJaeger) April 7, 2025
"Those two said there was no business case for LNG over the last decade, and ... all the other countries knew better." pic.twitter.com/qSVhAvTkWn
Canada could have been exporting its own gas to allies, creating jobs, lowering global emissions by displacing coal, and strengthening energy security.
Instead, we’re importing LNG from Egypt.
“No business case,” they said.
Turns out the only thing missing was a federal government willing to let Canada act like a serious energy country.
Sheila Gunn Reid
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Sheila Gunn Reid is the Alberta Bureau Chief for Rebel News and host of the weekly The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid. She's a mother of three, conservative activist, and the author of best-selling books including Stop Notley.
COMMENTS
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Carl Linletter commented 2026-01-15 17:00:24 -0500Seems so very anti-Semitic to me. After all, Egypt gets it NG from Israel. Why did they not just buy it directly? Seems like you would get a better deal buying ti from the manufacturer rather than a 3rd party. -
Bruce Atchison commented 2026-01-13 20:51:04 -0500Worse than hypocritical, it’s insane and anti-Canadian. This shows that the government is far too focused on sending money abroad while citizens need food banks. This is utter madness!
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2026-01-13 20:48:57 -0500Ottawa sees Alberta as a renegade province that needs to learn its lesson and submit, using any means necessary to accomplish this.
It’s similar to what happened to Berlin in 1948. Stalin wanted to take over the sectors of that city that weren’t occupied by the Soviets and, so, cut off western access, hoping to starve the people into surrender. The other occupying powers (the U. S., Britain, and France) began what has come to be known as the “die Berliner Luftbrücke” (literally, the Berlin Air Bridge, but popularly known as the Berlin Airlift) and kept the city functioning.
Stalin gave up less than 2 years later.
By claiming “no business case” for LNG, Ottawa/Junior Trudeau/Carney were telling Albertans that they were going to be starved and impoverished unless they submitted. Just about every major oil/gas project in the last 50 years has been scuttled or delayed, going back at least as far as the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline. Guess which party was responsible?
Oh, and by the way, I heard a rumour that a certain former prime minister had (and perhaps still does) financial ties to Total, the company mentioned in the video. Coincidence?
