Canada’s ability to realize its potential as an “energy superpower” is at risk because of infrastructure gaps preventing oil and gas companies from properly accessing global markets, says a top executive at Bank of Nova Scotia . Scotiabank Chief Executive Brian Porter, in remarks prepared for the bank’s annual meeting in Ottawa, cautioned that stalled energy-infrastructure projects, such as pipelines, coupled with Canada’s overreliance on the United States as an export market, will have significant consequences for the country’s economy. Toronto-based Scotiabank is Canada’s third-largest bank by assets and is a lender to the energy industry. Even so, it is rare for a Canadian bank CEO to take such a strong stance on a public policy issue viewed as controversial by some. His remarks come as swooning […]