NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he sees an east-west clean electricity corridor as his top priority for expanding Canada's energy market, not new pipelines.

While Singh isn't closing the door entirely on pipelines, he says pipeline projects must be approved by the communities they run through, must not harm the environment, must provide good jobs and must comply with Indigenous consultation requirements.

Most of Canada's energy exports currently go to the United States, threatening Canada with a barrage of tariffs on all exports, including a 10 percent levy on energy products like oil.

With U.S. President Donald Trump promising 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, Singh says the NDP government is committed to using only Canadian steel and aluminum in public infrastructure products.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would support an east-west pipeline and streamline the approval process for resource projects.

Liberal Party leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland says she will make Canada an "energy superpower" by expanding hydropower and exporting liquefied natural gas.