Venezuela fallout: 'We have to stop being such boy scouts in Canada'
January 10, 2026
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as posted by the channelU.S. President Donald Trump's actions in Venezuela is a wakeup call that Canada can't ignore, according to guests of this week's West of Centre podcast. With 10 per cent of Alberta's crude at risk of being displaced in the U.S. Gulf Coast and a big hit to Alberta's budget at stake, the panel says Canada can no longer afford to be the 'boy scouts' of the global energy market.
Host: Kathleen Petty | Producer and editor: Diane Yanko
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Gitane De Silva: Founder and president of GDStrategic. Former CEO of the Canada Energy Regulator and Alberta's senior representative to the United States.
Martha Hall Findlay: Director of the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy. Also served as Suncor Energy's chief sustainability officer and first chief climate officer, where she helped establish the Oil Sands Pathways to Net-Zero Alliance (now Pathways Alliance).
Sonya Savage: Senior counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais where she specializes in energy and environmental law, and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Former Alberta energy minister who has worked in the corporate sector as a senior executive for the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association and Enbridge.
#venezuela #oil #canada
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