Amid growing criticisms that Canada dropped the ball on exporting its natural gas to Europe, the Polish ambassador to Canada said in a recent interview that plenty of Canadian gas is indeed finding its way to Europe — but via the United States at a markup.

“Remember; some of the LNG that’s coming from the United States to Europe, to Poland, is also Canadian … but it’s being sold for a much higher price,” Witold Dzielski told CBC after being asked whether there was Polish demand for Canadian LNG.

Dzielski’s comment was swiftly highlighted by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who noted Dzielski’s wide smile during the statement, which Poilievre attributed to the ambassador “(stopping) himself from laughing at us.”

The statement also comes at the same time that Canada’s energy minister

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