The Liberal government is supposed to reveal its nation-building list of high-priority megaprojects in the coming weeks. So, when federal Liberal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says that increasing the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline is not “a project of national interest,” that’s not just his opinion, it’s a sign the Carney government is not truly committed to making Canada an energy superpower.

Oh, sure, if it were possible to become an energy superpower by selling other countries “green” and alternate energy technologies, I guess superpower status might be possible. If we possessed exclusive rights to some miracle process for turning sunlight, wind or water into electricity, for instance. But in terms of “green” energy, lots of countries have as good or better technology to sell t

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