When I agreed to moderate a panel at the Canada–China Energy Innovation & Investment Forum at this year’s Global Energy Show, I expected a standard industry gathering, perhaps 50 to 80 attendees exchanging polite nods over lukewarm coffee. Instead, I found myself standing before a completely packed conference hall of over 400 people, shoulder to shoulder with entrepreneurs, executives and policymakers.

The turnout wasn’t just surprising; it was a signal. After years of frosty diplomacy and mutual suspicion, Canada and China are quietly getting back to business in the energy sector, and they are doing it with a refreshing sense of pragmatism.

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As someone who has spent more than two decades facilitating Canada–China energy and environmental exchanges — serving as a senior advisor to both the federal government in Ottawa and the Alberta provincial government, as well as to major Canadian energy players — I have seen these cycles of interest before. But this felt different. The atmosphere was devoid of the moral grandstanding or geopolitical suspicion that has often poisoned the well. Instead, the conversation was rooted in one thing:........

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