Like a stone skipping across calm water, it didn’t take long for comments by Federal Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson touting the benefits of Canadian liquefied natural gas to ripple through the energy sector.

Canada’s LNG is cleaner than competing U.S. suppliers and there are interested buyers for it, Hodgson said Tuesday on the Vassy Kapelos Show.

For Peyto Exploration & Development CEO Jean-Paul Lachance, having the federal minister in charge of energy actively promote LNG exports from Canada — and potentially include these initiatives on Ottawa’s new major projects list under Bill C-5 — is telling.

“The fact we’re hearing that from our own government now, the federal government, is a very positive sign. It’s a long way from, ‘There’s no business case for LNG,’ which we heard f

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