Follow Canadian immigration and Canadian economic and trade news: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with Prime Minister Najib Razak in Malaysia on the 6th. During the meeting, Najib pledged that the Malaysian state-owned energy company, Petronas, would invest $36 billion to build a liquefied natural gas plant and related pipeline infrastructure in British Columbia. If approved, this would be the largest foreign direct investment ever received by Canada.

Last year, the Malaysian state-owned company Petronas acquired the Canadian oil company Progress Energy Inc. for over $5 billion.



