Carney to Fast-Track ‘Nation-Building’ Projects Through Bill (1)

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced legislation on Friday to fast-track “nation-building” projects in Canada and remove internal barriers to trade in an effort to shore up the country’s economy from the US tariff barrage.

The bill targets major projects that may include ports, railways, highways, critical-mineral mines, oil pipelines and electricity transmission systems. The government’s overall goal is to speed up approvals to two years.

The legislation would allow the government to identify projects in the national interest in consultation with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners. Federal reviews would then ask not whether to build the proposals, but how best ...