Mark Slapinski - August 02, 2026


BREAKINGļ¼š Mark Carney Scores HUGE WIN For Canada


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00:00:00.260 Carney has made good on his promise to make Canada an energy superpower.
00:00:04.660 A lot of people were skeptical when Carney pledged to diversify Canada's exports in the face of Trump's attacks.
00:00:10.340 But Carney, he managed to deliver.
00:00:12.220 While the United States continues to treat its longtime ally as an enemy,
00:00:15.940 Canada has been looking for other customers for its vast supply of natural resources
00:00:19.540 and has finally found an unlikely buyer, a company based in Germany.
00:00:24.080 Pretty soon, Canada will be shipping 2 million tons of clean Canadian energy to Europe every year.
00:00:29.180 Let's watch this clip from CBC together, and I'll explain why this is great news for Canada.
00:00:59.180 That's roughly enough power to power around 3 million homes.
00:01:04.080 Now, you know, Germany would not seem like a most likely partner for British Columbia in this deal, just judging off geography.
00:01:13.840 But many European countries are looking to source their gas from other areas after the war in Ukraine began, as they were mostly sourcing that natural gas from Russia.
00:01:24.480 And this is, you know, a second deal of its kind.
00:01:28.240 And earlier in May, the German government-owned company securing energy for Europe
00:01:33.560 signed a long-term agreement to buy 1 million tons of LNG per year
00:01:38.140 from the Silasim plant for up to 20 years.
00:01:42.120 Have a listen to Energy Minister Adrian Dix from earlier this morning.
00:01:47.780 I can't say, if you look at the economic history of B.C.,
00:01:50.920 that the creation of a new industry that's essentially world-leading
00:01:53.420 amongst the leaders in the world in such a short period of time,
00:01:56.740 This is not a regular occurrence in the economy of any nation.
00:02:01.620 And so for us, it's a significant achievement.
00:02:03.880 And the way we're doing it, a project owned and led by our treaty partners in the Nishka Nation,
00:02:10.860 boy, that's a message to the world that this is the place to invest.
00:02:16.760 And Troy, what is the status of the Silasim's LNG plant?
00:02:20.060 When do we think that it could actually come online?
00:02:21.960 yeah leanne so that floating plant uh if it comes online would export up to 12 million tons of lng
00:02:31.120 per year on the site on parse purse island near the alaskan border houston-based uh western lng
00:02:39.060 they're the lead developer and the future operation operator of silasims alongside the
00:02:44.580 nation whose land the project would be on the 10 billion project has regulatory approval but the
00:02:51.040 partners have yet to make a final investment decision. But these procurements and these
00:02:56.720 deals they've been signing are led to believe that they will encourage that future investment
00:03:01.920 and hopefully see that come online in roughly 2028 or 2029. When Carney said that the old
00:03:07.440 relationship with the United States was over, he meant it. Canada now plans on selling over
00:03:12.020 half its natural gas to countries besides the United States. Carney is serious about making
00:03:16.640 Canada an energy superpower. It appears this hard work advertising Canada as such is providing
00:03:21.680 results because Germany is not the only non-American country that is interested in
00:03:25.560 doing more business with Canada. Canada has been selling LNG to Japan. As the Strait of Hormuz
00:03:30.620 remains closed, Canada has begun shipping crude oil to her friends in East Asia. This comes as
00:03:35.140 Carney spent time strengthening the trade relationship between both countries. The
00:03:39.060 Japanese have been begging for access to Canadian energy and Carney is happy to provide. Canada has 0.99
00:03:44.700 also opened the doors to Chinese electrical vehicles. Under the previous government, there
00:03:48.320 was a 100% tariff on Chinese electrical vehicles. Carney scrapped that tariff and reversed their
00:03:53.720 Trudeau-era policy. Now, Chinese EV makers are preparing to sell their cars in Canada.
00:03:58.580 This is just part of Carney's plan to increase cooperation with the People's Republic. This
00:04:03.380 gives Carney a lot of leverage when dealing with America. Carney's hard work making deals with
00:04:08.080 other countries, it's paying off. Canada experienced a 0.3% growth back in May. And that
00:04:14.380 exceeded the expectations of experts. People thought that the Canadian economy would collapse
00:04:19.060 due to a trade war with the United States. But that didn't happen. We're growing. As Trump
00:04:24.600 continues to burn bridges, Carney continues to help Canada reach its potential. This is just
00:04:29.520 the start of a new era of Canadian excellence. Thanks for tuning in. Talk to you next time.