Olaf Scholz continues his quest for gas around the world in Canada

To Montreal

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which the country is likely to suffer severely in the event of a gas shortage this winter, is continuing its energy diplomacy. After going to Senegal in May, African country with significant gas potentialand in Norway recently, after having received the Emir of Qatar, the Egyptian president and the Argentinian president, Olaf Scholz must go from Sunday to Canada.

Berlin and Ottawa signed an energy partnership 18 months ago, a year before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The two governments subsequently increased their meetings to develop Canadian gas exploration. “Canada would be a welcome energy partner for us, said the German Chancellor bluntly in an interview given earlier this month to the Canadian daily The Globe and Mail. It goes beyond the LNG (liquefied natural gasEd)which is important now, but extends to hydrogen and strategic minerals that are needed…