Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said there is much appetite for Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Germany and that it could be satisfied from the West Coast.
The Liberal government has previously not been favourable to shipping LNG to Europe, and there is currently a lack of infrastructure giving access to the Atlantic Ocean. It would take years before such infrastructure is up and running.
Hodgson, when speaking to media on Aug. 27 about his Germany trip, said this is not an obstacle to sending LNG to Europe, given German companies are prepared to buy the fuel from Canada’s West Coast….