Flames rise from a flare stack at the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C. Photo by James MacDonald / Bloomberg

Canada is set to begin discussions on supplying l iquefied natural gas (LNG) to German buyers to tap into growing demand across the European Union.

LNG was one of the issues on the table in talks between Prime Minister Mark Carney and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday in Berlin. The two leaders also discussed a critical minerals partnership, and Carney revealed that a German firm is one of two top bidders for a lucrative submarine contract.

Canada and Germany have an energy partnership that allows for deeper collaboration on LNG , Carney’s government said in a news release. The two NATO allies plan to co-operate on developing a transatlantic hydrogen trade

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