The English-language website of one the world's major Arab-language satellite television networks  Al Arabiya, has turned its eye on Kitimat, the Northern Gateway pipeline and the repeated claim by the Conservative government that Canada is an "energy super power."

The article:  Canada: Energy Superpower?  is an analysis by Mary E. Stonaker, described as "an independent scholar, most recently with the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore." Stonaker puts Canada's energy policy, including the pipelines to Kitimat, in a world wide perspective, summing up the story for  Saudi-owned Al Arabiya's main audience in the oil-rich Middle East. It doesn't just look at oil and gas energy, but hydro, solar and wind.

"Northern Gateway" has yet to be fully hatched though it is encouraging to see Canada expand its partnerships beyond its southern neighbor especially during the recent economic downturn. Relying too heavily on one consumer, no matter who that consumer may be, is setting up an extremely weak energy security strategy.