Calls Mount for More Pipelines to Bolster Canada’s Energy Security, Help European Allies as Russia Invades Ukraine

News Analysis Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is prompting renewed calls in Canada to bolster energy security, in particular by building oil and gas pipelines to supply the eastern provinces, and to play a greater role in supporting the energy needs of European allies. “One would think that this would be the opportunity for Canada to pick up its game and begin the process of ensuring that we have energy security, by having a pipeline from east to west, and that we do not import anyone else’s oil,” said Dan McTeague, a former Liberal MP and president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, in an interview with The Epoch Times.  It would also show “that we are hoping to export our oil in a safe, responsible, environmentally effective manner that I think very few other nations can boast,” he added. Energy analyst Jeff Kucharski, an adjunct professor at Royal Roads University, says …

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