With Canada’s energy at the forefront of our economy, Postmedia has asked business leaders to weigh in on the challenges. They will discuss which government policies are working, what can be introduced to improve conditions, as well as increase co-operation across provinces. This is the first in the ongoing series of editorial columns. 

The Canadian energy superpower theme, while certainly not new, is finally happening. Driven by global conflict, trade disputes, our continuing GDP decline, an affordability crisis, sovereignty challenges and energy security concerns, Canadians across the country increasingly support accelerated development of our energy resources.

Canada is a leader in the full spectrum of energy — oil and gas, nuclear, hydro, renewables — but it is growing our oil and gas production that offers the largest and nearest-term economic benefit to the entire country.

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I’m closing in on 50 years in the oil and gas sector, and I’ve never been more excited than now. I don’t think we’ve ever seen such alignment of industry, federal and provincial governments, and the majority of the public in........

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