Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Our resources and our strategic interests. -- Canada's global opportunity: our energy resources and markets -- Canada as a global energy power: the need for national leadership -- A Canadian global strategy: what we need to do -- Part 2. Canada and the United States. -- The continental trap: how Canada unwittingly lost its energy sovereignty -- The Keyston XL debacle: Canada's lesson in realpolitik -- Hydroelectricity and the North American electricity grid: Canada's defining advantage -- Part 3. Canada and the United States. -- Canada's bumpy road from Kyoto to Paris: the dangers of signing international treaties we cannot live up to -- A strategic approach to the environment: how to be a global environmental leader -- Climate change: an action plan that will reassert Canadian leaderhip -- Part 4. Canada's First Nations. -- The Pacific Northwest: why Canada's Coastal First Nations are the key to Canada's Asian gateway -- It's not about the money: a First Nation perspective on jurisdiction, the environment and energy -- Part 5. The Asia Pacific Basin. -- A new proposal for oil exports to Asia: why First Nations must become economic partners -- Part 6. Unfinished business. -- Energy East and the importance of Canada's common market and the Atlantic Basin -- Conclusion: looking confidently toward a better future.