MacKinnon, Hodgson and Alty to unveil ‘nation-building’ projects in Yellowknife
June 24th, 2026
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A trio of Team Carney frontbenchers — Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty — are set to join Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and his Nunavut counterpart, John Main, in Yellowknife for what the joint advisory is billing as a “significant announcement to advance nation-building infrastructure in Canada” — namely, the designation of “two key Arctic road infrastructure projects as (being) in the national interest,” according to Canadian Press. (8 a.m. MDT)
