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domesticallyAnd that potential demand comes as Canada is looking for more customers beyond the United States.

Heather Exner-Pirot is a senior fellow and director of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

When we talk about diversifying trade alliances, when we talk about being, you know, more relevant to different countries, I think metallurgical coal, you know, could provide a great opportunity for that.

In the wake of trade frictions with the United States, Canadian businesses and policy makers are looking for ways to diversify.

The big problem to me is the broader approach that the courts have taken to Section 7.

And just before recording this, I saw that the Macdonald-Laurier Institute has a new report about this, uh, by a legal scholar, Dave Snow.

And Dave Snow has called Section 7 an unconstrained mechanism for Canadian courts to shape public policy, and has noted that Section 7 challenges are a substantial chunk of what the Supreme Court of Canada deals with each year.

And in any given year, a third of cases on the docket are challenging some aspect of civil society di- deemed to be a violation of Section 7, the right to life, liberty, and security.

So what does this look like? What is the benefit to Canada, whether it's this Canada-EU partnership or does it compromise anything with the United States? This is where Christian Leuprecht is a great voice and a great guest.

We've had Professor Leuprecht on the program before, professor at of political science at Royal Military College in Queen's University, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

He's a security expert.

He's a lecturer, a speaker, an author.

The University of Calgary School of Public Policy is where he hangs his hat.

He's also with the MacDonald Laurier Institute, and he writes for the Financial Post.

And what a pleasure to have him on the show today.

Dr. Jack, great to have you back.

Now the clock ticks on an 11-month, uh, consultation and approval process, and then we'll see where we stand next September.

But how significant is today's announcement? Heather Exner-Pirot is a Special Advisor at the Business Council of Canada, Director of Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and someone we've talked about with this project many, many times.

Heather, thanks for joining us again.

I appreciate your time.

Thanks very much.

Thanks so much.

Uh, Heather Exner-Pirot, who is a special advisor, Business Council of Canada, the director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

And like I say, you know, you take a look at Mark Carney, he talked about it.

Now, supporters say Asia is desperate for a secure supply, and Canada finally has something to sell that doesn't go to Donald Trump.

So is this Canada's energy future or a very expensive bet on the past? Well, joining us now to talk about this issue is Heather Exner-Pirot, Director of Energy, Natural Resources, uh, and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Heather, thank you so much for your time.

Yeah, delighted to be here.

I think the movement towards electrical or other clean cl- clean energy is gonna be a lot faster than that, but it's not gonna happen in a day or two.

It's not gonna happen by us shutting off LNG or, or, uh, oil production in, in Canada.

So we were speaking to Heather Exner-Pirot from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute about a big announcement today.

LNG Canada Phase II moves ahead.

Those emergency powers were supposed to sunset after Trump left the White House, but under Bill C-39, they'd now be permanent.

Heather Exner-Pirot with the think tank the Macdonald-Laurier Institute supports the measure because she says construction timelines will outlast the Trump administration.

She adds, voters will keep Ottawa's power in check.

No legislation is permanent.