Ottawa’s implementation of law to fast-track major projects a work in progress – The Globe and Mail

It took 20 days for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to get legislation through Parliament allowing for the fast-tracking of national projects.

The actual implementation of that law, the Building Canada Act, is on a slower track.

Turning Canada into an “energy superpower” and reducing reliance on the U.S. were central promises of Mr. Carney’s election campaign this spring, and the act − part of a bill known as C-5 − was an effort to enshrine those promises into law.

It allows Ottawa to designate projects meeting certain criteria as in the national interest. In turn, those projects will be granted federal authorization for construction without needing to obtain clearance under various other laws.

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