Q&A: Rebecca Alty on major projects, Indigenous advice and the North – Cabin Radio
September 12, 2025
No Mackenzie Valley Highway on Mark Carney’s list of the first big projects to get advanced. No NWT faces in a key Indigenous advisory group.
Five major infrastructure projects have been selected for fast-tracking by Canada. Huge, multi-billion-dollar initiatives championed by the GNWT didn’t make the cut.
However, the Arctic Security Corridor – which is largely Nunavut-based but involves a road connecting to Yellowknife – did make a second-tier list of six projects that could be given the green light after “further development.”
