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Originally Posted by stone hands
Maybe I'm not reading that right but it looks like you're using an example of a japanese company buying an overseas firm, so are you suggesting that for example, enbridge buy out an energy company in say, germany, and ship them gas that way?
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Mostly pointing to the line
"The gov is encouraging local companies to invest in more gas production and to sign more LNG long-term contracts"
The implication here is that Japan is signing long-term contracts to secure LNG imports in the future. Therefore, if Canada was further in its LNG development, they would be able to supply Japan with their LNG desires, which was meant as a direct counter to your point that Canada has no say in what other countries do or consume and has no control over anything except what happens in Canada.
I don't disagree that Canada can't tell Japan what to consume, but if Japan is looking for it, we are doing Canadians a disservice by not doing what we should be perfectly capable of doing. We absolutely have an impact on what happens outside of Canada.