Canada Plugs Nation as ‘Reliable’ Energy Partner as Oil Soars

Canada’s top trade official plugged his nation as a stable and reliable energy supplier amid the latest jump in oil prices as President Donald Trump said military operations against Iran could escalate, potentially prolonging disruptions to oil flows through the vital Strait of Hormuz.

“Here in Seoul the conversation has been around energy and what more Canada can do,” Canadian International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said in a Bloomberg TV interview on Thursday in the South Korean capital. “If you look at crude oil, LNG but also nuclear capacity, we have all that. And we’re getting a lot of calls these days.”