World facing biggest disruption to energy supplies in history, Canadian minister says

Canadian energy minister Tim Hodgson on Wednesday said that the world is facing the biggest disruption to energy supplies in history, the Financial Times newspaper reported.

Hodgson said that his country’s producers are in an ideal position to meet customers’ needs for alternative supplies.

“It hasn’t been clear in such a long time how important energy security is to our national security and our allies’ national security. And so, in many ways it’s Canada’s moment,” Hodgson said in an interview at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston.

“The world is desperate. They need a reliable supplier,” he added.