In response to Prime Minister Mark Carney's bid to make Canada an "energy superpower," Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is floating the idea of dramatically ramping up the province's nascent offshore wind energy industry.

In an online video released earlier this week, Houston said he's hoping Carney's Liberal government will support a new megaproject the premier has dubbed "Wind West."

"Right now, Nova Scotia is on the edge of a clean energy breakthrough," the Progressive Conservative premier says…