Carney says the world is facing an 'energy crisis' and Canada must help solve it

CBC News ^ | May 20, 2026 | John Paul Tasker

[MinorityRepublican]

In B.C. to meet with the province's premier who is skeptical of another oil pipeline, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world is in the throes of an "energy crisis" and Canada must do its part to supply it with the natural resources it needs.

Speaking to a largely business audience at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade before sitting down with Premier David Eby on Wednesday, Carney said recent global shocks have threatened the availability of some forms of energy, putting other countries in a bind.

He said Ottawa wants to move quickly to supply those resources, and if B.C. stands opposed to more development, his government will "be spending more time elsewhere in the country."

Carney framed his plan — to fast-track project approvals, rework clean energy policies and back a new oil pipeline to the Pacific — as a way Canada can help fill the global energy void, and in turn grow the economy here at home at a time when the U.S. trade war has torpedoed some sectors.

"Unlike many countries, Canada can be part of the solution, for the world, for ourselves," he said. "Canada is a stable, reliable partner in a world that is anything but."

While mindful of what he called the "existential challenge of climate change," Carney said abundance and affordability are also top of mind for his and other governments as the conflict in Iran dramatically drives up fuel prices and takes some supply, including a significant portion of Qatar's gas, offline.

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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: canada; energy; lol; snownazis

[dfwgator]

LOL!

[xp38]

I’ll give him a harrumph but that too.

[butlerweave]

Carney is losing his mind that’s if he ever had one

[ComputerGuy]

...the "existential challenge of climate change,"...

Climate Change is the new and improved version of Global Warming.
It's even harder to stop, whichever way it goes.

[Sacajaweau]

LOL....My sentiments exactly...

[dfwgator]

They’re not even a real country anyway.

[Steely Tom]

I hope all Canadians immediately buy electric cars.

[PGR88]

I always find it suspicious that a high-level hedge fund guy, private banker, and head of the central Bank of England is a leading cheerleader for regulation carbon in the form of carbon taxes, carbon credits, carbon off-sets, etc...

Almost like they are creating a new type of fiat financial derivative based off literally every human activity.....

[Track9]

He just wants to sell oil to china. He’s following orders.

[butlerweave]

Carney has 3 passports Canada , UK and Ireland ,LOL

[HYPOCRACY]

I wonder what China is paying the creep to dump all their POS EVs in Canada.

[packrat35]

Its a shame Canada didn’t put more pressure on Joe Biden when he cancelled that pipeline.

[DIRTYSECRET]

What is the potential of Keystone? Are they worried about 2029? Can’t blame em’.

[clearcarbon]

"I hope all Canadians immediately buy electric cars."

[Steely Tom]

Ha ha!

[Vigilanteman]

Alberta might have something to say about that. Best case is that they go independent, build a pipeline to their neighbor to the south and we sell Japan oil from Alaska to deal with the surplus of new oil from Alberta.

How would Carney like them apples? I'll bet his masters in China would NOT be amused.

[Vigilanteman]

WE are part of the carbon footprint reduction plans from this sorry collection of jagoffs.

[central_va]

Canadian “oil” is mostly smelly thick gooey crap, like Venezuela’s “oil”.

[butlerweave]

All Carney will do is make his friends even richer