Subhead:Canada could be exporting its own gas to allies, creating jobs, lowering global emissions by displacing coal, and strengthening energy security. Instead, we’re importing liquified natural gas from Egypt.# YouTube-embed:ZgO_sXQtZUQ For years, the Liberals told Canadians there was “ no business case” for Canadian LNG. No pipelines to tidewater. No East Coast export terminals. No urgency to get our natural gas to global markets. Justin Trudeau said it plainly: exporting Canadian LNG didn’t make economic sense. So, projects were stalled, cancelled or regulated to death. Investors walked; countries like Japan and Greece, who came begging, were told no. Jobs vanished. Canada, one of the most gas-rich countries on Earth, was told to sit this one out by the people in charge. And now? Canada is importing LNG — from Egypt. Here’s what’s actually happening. A full LNG cargo, roughly 150,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas, was loaded at Egypt’s Idku LNG terminal on the Mediterranean coast. The shipment was arranged by TotalEnergies, one of the world’s largest energy companies, and loaded onto an LNG tanker bound for Canada. That gas was cooled to minus-162 degrees, liquefied, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean, and sent to Canada’s LNG import terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick, where it will be regasified and fed into our domestic system. So, let’s be clear about the absurdity here.