Thank you, Minister, for being here today and for your personal outreach and offers for meetings, which we haven't yet had. Of course, I'll say the same things to you privately and publicly. I look forward to this conversation today.
Per clauses 593 and 594 of the BIA, of course, Conservatives support extending LNG export licences to 50 years for long-term certainty. We've pushed for LNG approvals consistently for the reasons you've now articulated.
Since 2015, as you know, the current federal government approved only four of 18 Canadian LNG proposals. Only the one that Conservatives approved—LNG Canada phase one and phase two at the same time—actually operates, while the U.S. approved 26. With 16 being built and operating, the U.S., of course, is the world's lead exporter now. The Government of Canada turned away Europe, so other countries moved to fill the gap. Mexico is poised to beat Canada.
My first question is, how can Liberals claim to want Canada to be an energy superpower when those are the facts on Canadian LNG?