The one sector smiling through the wreckage is Canadian energy. With Brent crude settling at US$100.69 and WTI at US$92.19 on Thursday — after Houthi attacks on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea — the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index was the rare green patch on a blood-red board. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has drawn a firm line: oil stays out of retaliation talks. That means royalties keep flowing to federal coffers. Meanwhile, Ottawa is quietly building escape routes....