If Carney won’t listen, Kahnawake plans to make him pay – The Logic

Aug 25, 2025

Tensions over Canada’s fast-track building bill have the Kahnawà:ke band council ready to erect toll booths on provincial highways that run through their territory

MONTREAL — The purpose of the Building Canada Act is simple. By provisioning for a World War-level of infrastructure investment, Prime Minister Mark Carney reckons Canada can at once unite itself and shield its economy from Donald Trump’s America.

Though the act is now law, there are bureaucratic roadblocks galore to the friction-free building of pipelines and the like. In Kahnawake, a 20-minute drive from downtown Montreal, the potential roadblock is literal—and it underscores how Indigenous communities could grind the so-called fast track to a halt.

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