DimitriPantazopoulos

Soaring unemployment. Global energy crisis. Russian oil fuelling Putin’s war machine. I wonder if there’s anything Canada could do to create hundreds of thousands of high paying jobs, tens of $ billions in government revenue, while providing the world with access to the planet’s third largest energy reserves, from a stable liberal democracy? The world needs more Canadian energy now, and for decades to come. Deregulate now. Put Canadian prosperity and global security ahead of pandering to green-left activists. Get pipelines built at the speed of business. The private sector will take care of the rest.

It’s March 4, 2026. A signal indicates that the Strait of Hormuz is closed due to the ongoing conflict. No vessels are passing. Suddenly, a Greek ship named “Shenlong”, owned by George Procopiou, enters and exits the Strait carrying 1 million barrels of oil, defying the high threat level. The Greek shipowner led the way in stabilising the economy. More ships followed in the next days. From $120 per barrel overnight, we woke up to $89 per barrel. Procopiou, following in the footsteps of Onassis and Niarchos, showed Greeks leading the way in worldwide shipping once again. Greek shipowners control the largest merchant fleet in the world, managing 20–21% of global shipping capacity in terms of deadweight tonnage. Greeks have controlled the seas for at least 4,000 years.