
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson rises during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 6, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export “substantial volumes” of LNG to Europe, documents show.
The revelation appears in a federal briefing note prepared in May after Marinvest Energy Canada, a subsidiary of a Norwegian energy company, requested a meeting with the top bureaucrat at the federal Natural Resources Department to discuss its plans.