John Robson: Ship Canadian LNG to Europe? Strong Business Case or Strikeout Depends on Rules of the Game

Commentary
When Justin Trudeau said there was no business case for shipping Canadian natural gas to Europe, the obvious retort is that of the umpire who, when a free-swinging slugger protested a call saying “that was never a strike,” sneered “How would you know?” Nothing in Trudeau’s record, before or after entering politics, suggests the slightest acquaintance with the basic principles either of economics or of accounting. But alas in this case he knows exactly what he’s saying, because he’s the guy in charge and he’s going to call three strikes on every major energy project until they all go away….