When it comes to Canadian energy these days, it seems appropriate to quote the old Monty Python catchphrase – “a nd now for something completely different.”

How else do you explain the 180-degree reversal in messaging the federal government is delivering in Europe this week when it comes to promoting the export of Canadian liquified natural gas (LNG) to Germany, compared with its attitude three years ago.

It’s not just a reversal, it’s a full repudiation.

“ Unlike the previous Canadian government, which closed the door to LNG exports, Prime Minister Carney’s government has opened it. If the demand is here, and the infrastructure is built, Canada will deliver,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson told an audience of business leaders Wednesday in Berlin, according to a prepared copy of

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