Energy leader, with Indigenous engagement – First Nations Natural Gas Alliance

April 16, 2026

Ottawa sees Canada as a new energy superpower

This report is from Arc Energy Institute’s latest podcast, an interview by Jackie Forrest with Tim Hodgson, federal minister of energy and natural resources. Hodgson begins with this:

“I think Canada’s having a moment in the sun. . . . We are in a different world today. We are right now facing one of the biggest energy crises in my lifetime. I’ve got more grey hair than most of you, so probably in your lifetimes.

“The world . . . is going to reorder. We have a whole group of major energy producers in the Middle East who have to figure out how they fit into the world going forward. We have many of our allies who today rely on that region for their supplies who have to figure out what does energy security look like going forward. What does national security look like going forward when the very existence of your ability to survive as an economy is a threat?