Sonya Savage, KC

Former Minister of Energy and Environment and Protected Areas

[Sonya Savage, KC @sonyasavage]

Welcome to Canada @Amena__Bakr ! So great to catch up and hear your views on what’s unfolding in the Middle East and in global energy markets.

[Amena Bakr @Amena__Bakr]

Highlight of my day in Calgary is seeing my dear friend Sonya Savage @sonyasavage #Canada #WPC

[Sonya Savage, KC @sonyasavage]

@Amena__Bakr It was great to connect and catch up and especially to hear your take on what’s unfolding in global markets. Just like old times circa 2020!

[Sonya Savage, KC @sonyasavage]

@DavidStaplesYEG @jkenney @erinotoole @lraitt Lisa Raitt, Erin O’Toole and Francois Poirier. Probably others. O’Toole started his career at CAPP and did legal work in the energy sector, Poirier is the CEO of TC Energy and Raitt was Harper’s Minister of Natural Resources. All are strong advocates of oil and gas.

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

The cynicism & hyper partisanship on this site can be exhausting.

I see criticism of Conservatives like @erinotoole & @lraitt for agreeing to serve on the Prime Minister’s Canada-US relations advisory panel.

Some say it represents “patronage.”

To be clear, membership on advisory panels like this are not paid positions. Sometimes they will offer modest per diems for longer meetings requiring travel. But there is no material reward for participating in work like this. If anything it represents an opportunity cost for busy people who give up paid work or billable time in order to participate.

In other words, it’s not patronage.

Cynics, brace yourself: perhaps what motivates people to set aside partisanship and do voluntary work like this is an authentic sense of duty, of public service that puts country ahead of party.

To the partisans who think it’s disloyal to accept a role like this: please remember that severely normal Canadians do not see the world through your hyper partisan lens. They expect Canadians to work together across party lines to help defend the country from external threats, like Donald Trump’s aggression.

(Remember Stephen Harper appointing John Manley to lead the advisory panel on the Afghan military deployment; or appointing Gary Doer Ambassador to the US.)

Finally, to Conservatives: one of the most unattractive feature of the contemporary left is its tendency to politicize absolutely everything. Don’t repeat their error. Conservatism is not a rigid ideological doctrine requiring loyalty tests and the demonization of our political adversaries.

[Amena Bakr @Amena__Bakr]

Take a look at the number of vessels all heading towards Saudi Arabia’s West coast to pick up crude. Without well planned contingency plans that cost billions this wouldn’t be possible. #Aramco #SaudiArabia

[Mike Sommers @mj_sommers]

The SPR was designed for disruptions like this, and the release is an appropriate step at a moment of geopolitical uncertainty. On the other hand, bad policy ideas others have raised, like export restrictions, would have serious unintended consequences. 🧵

[Sonya Savage, KC @sonyasavage]

@Amena__Bakr Stay safe, Amena. 🙏

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

My statement on Iran-related hostilities in the Middle East:

[Sonya Savage, KC @sonyasavage]

Punch is everything ….. just enthralled by this little guy and his story of loneliness to confidence. ❤️

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Punch learned how to walk and started becoming independent.

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

An abandoned baby monkey who broke millions of hearts online, after being spotted hugging an orangutan stuffed toy given to him as a substitute for his mother, has finally found comfort among his own kind.

Matt Lovatt from Monkey World spoke to #BBCBreakfast about Punch, a young Japanese macaque at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan

https://t.co/Fy5AXDlpMG

[Hon. Rona Ambrose Veitch @RonaAmbrose]

This is fantastic. We don’t know what the eventual outcome of this CUSMA round will be - but we all know that personal, human relationships can make a huge difference in tough negotiations. Every effort counts! Ignore the cynical voices that say it doesn’t matter to try. It always matters to try for Canada. Thank you @jamiljivani @CPC_HQ @MarkJCarney @PierrePoilievre

[Stephen Harper @stephenharper]

I am grateful to Phil Richards for his incredible work on my official portrait. Background information on the portrait’s finer details is available here:
https://t.co/wjuIhYuLaa

[Budweiser @budweiserusa]

For 150 Years, This Bud’s For You. Watch our Super Bowl LX commercial now.

[Michelle Rempel Garner @MichelleRempel]

https://t.co/e9G90jKPgI

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

The regime has said it will begin hanging protestors tomorrow.

Thousands have been shot dead.

And yet the Iranian people will not be silenced.

The bravery of these people is astonishing.

In an age of cynicism and scepticism, the whole world should be inspired by this display of true heroism, a revolution of human dignity. #FreeIran

[Sonya Savage, KC @sonyasavage]

@OKWildlifeDept Following your great social media from Canada ….. I would say it’s okay to pet this little guy? Right ? One of our national symbols …

https://t.co/AIByouEabR

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Just a baby beaver cleaning his chubby belly 🦫

[Amena Bakr @Amena__Bakr]

And more clarity around the real motives behind this Venezuelan adventure: U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY: U.S. WILL NOT ALLOW CHINA TO HAVE HUGE CONTROL OVER VENEZUELA #OOTT

[Giovanni Staunovo🛢 @staunovo]

Outside of Chevron, other big oil companies interested in re-entering Venezuela will almost certainly take time to evaluate the situation, analysts said.

“Oil companies always want oil, and Venezuela has a lot of it,” said José Ignacio Hernández, a law professor, consultant and public-debt expert at Aurora Macro Strategies. “But they need political stability, which requires more than just removing Maduro. The situation is still ongoing.”
#oott https://t.co/LkZGxt8SVE

[Giovanni Staunovo🛢 @staunovo]

Trump sees US oil giants driving Venezuela oil rebound. Energy execs are wary.
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
#oott https://t.co/xpcseLToMA

[Dan Pickering @pickeringenergy]

This is the best take on the Venezuela topic