Minister Hodgson nails it when asked about Canada expanding fossil fuel production:
"We're in a rupture. We're in a world that is becoming increasingly unsafe and unsecure. Our allies all over the world are shutting down factories or shutting down schools because they don't have access to conventional energy.
We have chosen, and we've shown the world we can be the best producers of conventional energy anywhere in the world..."
"And when our allies in Germany… in Asia… are trying to keep their factories open…
…Canada is a partner they can rely on in this time of geopolitical uncertainty, and we need your energy."
"And Canadians say, " Hey, our allies need it. It pays for our health care. It pays for our dental care. It pays for our ten-dollar-a-day daycare. It pays for our pharma care...
In the world we need to live in, not in a magical world, in the world as it is, not as we wish it to be, this is the most productive way to be a clean and conventional energy superpower, and it makes complete sense to do that."