Subhead:Prime Minister Mark Carney’s latest ‘big announcement’ simply fast-tracked five projects that had already met regulatory milestones.#
Prime Minister Carney’s latest “nation-building” projects announcement was just smoke in mirrors. Instead of being something new and innovative, his cabinet fast-tracked previously announced ventures, including a five-month-old nuclear research program, according to Blacklock’s.
On Thursday, Carney confirmed all five projects were approved and “substantially advanced.” These include British Columbia’s Red Chris and Saskatchewan’s McIlvenna Bay copper mines, an expanded LNG Canada plant in Kitimat, B.C., expanded Port of Montréal, and a prototype Darlington Nuclear small modular reactor (SMR) in Bowmanville, Ontario.
These five projects were fast-tracked under Bill C-5, An Act to Enact The Free Trade and Labour Mobility Act, passed June 26. This bill allows cabinet to accelerate approval for industrial projects deemed “in the national interest.”
