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Michael Higgins: Carney's so-called 'major projects' mired in endless environmental review

The prime minister's bold talk isn't getting anything built

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When Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to build at speeds not seen in generations, Canadians could be forgiven for thinking he meant to actually accelerate projects.

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Friday marks the one-year-anniversary of the Building Canada Act receiving Royal Assent and since that time not one “nation-building” project has been approved under the legislation.

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On Wednesday, the Liberals made great fanfare in announcing they were moving forward with three “major projects” of national interest under the act. Aware, no doubt, that the anniversary was approaching they must have felt it politic to announce something.

But all they are doing is “initiating the process” to “potentially” list the projects as being of national interest under the act.

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