First steps toward trade deal with Qatar amid shift in Canadian energy picture

Published June 29, 2011

Qatar's interest in becoming a major Canadian trade partner highlights a new energy reality being exploited by the small but gas-rich Persian Gulf nation.

Last month, Canada and Qatar took the first steps toward negotiating a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, after Ottawa formally acknowledged Qatar's interest in a deal and sent its standard offer to Doha for examination. While no...