Zhou Yaxin

THE WRITER IS A PHD RESEARCHER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL, CANADA

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) with China President Xi Jinping in Beijing. On the first day of Carney’s trip to China on Jan 13, Canada agreed to deepen cooperation with the Asian country on both clean and conventional sources of energy.

Canada’s energy sector is its gateway to Asia

With economies like South Korea, Japan and Singapore importing almost all their oil and gas, Asia presents a huge opportunity for Ottawa