Canada pledges to help countries stop using Russian oil

Canada says it can provide more oil, gas and uranium to help solve the global energy crisis.

Prices have soared as a result of Russian supplies being squeezed in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.

Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says many countries are committed “to help as much as we can in terms of displacing Russian oil and gas”.

The world’s fourth biggest oil producer has committed to exporting an extra 200,000 barrels of oil.

The country’s biggest pipeline company Enbridge told the BBC it is “prepared to do what we can to increase energy security for both North America and Europe”.