Has anyone pointed out to Poilievre that India has not asked for Canada’s natural gas?
Arno Kopecky / National Observer » “It lands within our priorities of bringing home jobs while bringing down emissions around the world,” Poilievre replied. “My plan will be to approve, for example, natural gas liquefaction and export. If we sent our gas to India, for example, to displace half of their demand for electricity, we could reduce emissions by 2.5 billion tonnes, which is three times the total emissions of Canada.”
Poilievre cited a 2024 report by the National Bank of Canada as his source for this argument. It’s based on a kernel of truth: natural gas does burn about 50 per cent cleaner than coal. In fact, Alberta recently cut its own emissions in half by making that very substitution.
So does that mean Canadians can avoid reducing our own emissions by ramping up fossil fuel exports? Not at all.
For one thing, there’s no evidence that India wants Canadian LNG.
