Elbows up. This defiant sentiment of decoupling Canada from our newly hostile neighbour propelled Prime Minister Mark Carney to his electoral upset last year. So why is Carney’s Minister of Natural Resources Tim Hodgson now signaling that Canada plans to deepen our ties to Donald Trump by providing natural gas to American data centres powering the artificial intelligence arms race?
Hodgson made the remarks in a March interview with Bloomberg, recounting his recent discussions with the Trump Administration. “We talked about how we could help send more gas down to help you export more off the Gulf Coast and to help you with your AI strategy,” Hodgson said. “Obviously, a key component of the AI race is building more data centers. That requires more natural gas. We can provide that gas.”
