Status: 08/23/2022 05:15 a.m
During his trip to Canada, Chancellor Scholz and Prime Minister Trudeau agreed on close cooperation on the energy market and on supporting Ukraine. A hydrogen agreement between the two countries is to be sealed today.
The fact that the Chancellor stumbled slightly when walking through the honor guard was the only visible bumpy start to his visit to Canada.
Both countries want to work together more closely than ever before in the energy sector and in helping Ukraine to defend itself against Russia. Both are dependent on each other. This was emphasized by Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau:
Canada needs a strong Germany and Germany needs a strong Canada.
Trudeau wants to check liquid gas deliveries to Germany
Cooperation in the energy sector is also important beyond the crises into which Russia has brought the world with its illegal war of aggression. It is about coming to a world without fossil fuels as a community of values in the long term.
On the way to German energy security: Chancellor Scholz and Economics Minister Habeck in Canada
Gabor Halasz, ARD Berlin, daily topics 11:00 p.m., August 22, 2022
Trudeau agreed to check liquefied gas deliveries to Germany and Europe.
Canada already exports a lot of liquid gas and oil to the world market. We realize that even if the world has to move away from fossil fuels, there is a lot of need right now because of the Russian-initiated energy crisis.
Special attention to the hydrogen
Trudeau pointed out that some of the plans for LNG terminals on Canada’s east coast have not been economical so far. That could have changed with the new world situation. Trudeau pointed out that the gas deposits in the west of the country had to be transported relatively long to the east coast. Europe could only be supplied from there. However, the government is looking at how it can facilitate the approval process.
Energy cooperation is particularly important when it comes to hydrogen. Chancellor Scholz also emphasized this. Canada has promised Germany help:
And that’s the other way around, but for countries like Canada, which are pursuing the same ambitious goals with us when it comes to climate change, it’s important to know that this question is being asked by a country that, like Canada, is planning a CO2-neutral future.
Hydrogen agreement to be sealed
The fact that the energy industry is concentrating on green hydrogen is not a dream of the future, emphasized Scholz. That might go very quickly. Today Scholz and Trudeau want to seal a hydrogen agreement in Newfoundland.
On the subject of aid to Ukraine, Scholz emphasized that support for Ukraine from Germany and Canada continued unabated. Military, financial and political. An important task is the reconstruction. The world community must set the right course there in good time.
Trudeau and Scholz: Close cooperation on energy and Ukraine aid
Antje Passenheim, currently ARD Canada, 22.8.2022 11:32 p.m