{"id":372551,"date":"2025-11-11T22:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/372551\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T22:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:50:12","slug":"new-nation-building-projects-list-to-include-mines-lng-iqaluit-hydro-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/372551\/","title":{"rendered":"New nation-building projects list to include mines, LNG, Iqaluit hydro: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce a second set of \u201cnation-building projects,\u201d including at least two focused on critical mineral extraction, one for exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) and at least one transmission project, sources told CBC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They said there will be a total of six projects, including:<\/p>\n

Of the remaining two, at least one will be a transmission project, the sources said. CBC News is not naming them because they are not authorized to speak freely about internal government decisions. <\/p>\n

The list has not been officially announced, and it can still be changed until then.<\/p>\n

Identifying major projects has been a key tenet in the federal government\u2019s push to reshape the Canadian economy amid trade and productivity concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The federal government announced the first tranche<\/a> in September. Being on the list is meant to help spur private investment and clear red tape for projects facing regulatory hurdles.<\/p>\n

Carney said Monday that he will make this week\u2019s announcement in Prince Rupert, B.C., prompting speculation that the Indigenous-proposed Ksi Lisims natural gas liquefaction facility and marine terminal project would be on the list \u2014 speculation that sources confirmed.<\/p>\n

The planned capacity is up to 12 million tonnes of LNG per year, representing a major economic and employment opportunity. Ottawa gave the project the green light<\/a> to move on to the next stage of seeking approvals and permits in September.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Nisga\u2019a Nation is listed as one of three principal proponents, alongside Rockies LNG Partners and Western LNG.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Critical minerals, electrification key to strategy<\/p>\n

Two of the new projects \u2014 the Sisson Mine in New Brunswick and Crawford Nickel in Ontario \u2014 focus on critical minerals.<\/p>\n

Sources say Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is set to announce the Crawford project in Timmins, Ont., on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The proposed mine is currently in the permitting stage, having passed the feasibility step in 2023, and is planned as an open-pit mine. An economic impact study found it has the capacity to create about 1,000 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Sisson tungsten mine<\/a>, located north of Fredericton, is also expected to be on the list. If it goes ahead, it would extract an average of 30,000 tonnes per day of tungsten and molybdenum-containing ore for on-site processing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt told CBC\u2019s Power & Politics on Monday that she was pleased a project from her province had made the list.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Holt talks about her province being on the next list:<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

New Brunswick will be on the next list of major projects announced Thursday: Holt<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the next list of major projects will be announced on Thursday. New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt tells Power & Politics you can expect to see her province on that list.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It] is great news for New Brunswick, and we have pathways on other projects that we\u2019re encouraged by,\u201d she told host David Cochrane.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new federal budget includes a new “critical minerals sovereign fund,\u201d committing $2 billion over five years for strategic investments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And finally, an Inuit-owned clean energy project in Iqaluit is expected to be included on the list. The federal government announced $6 million in funding to the Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation earlier this year, for its Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit hydro project.<\/p>\n

Once built, it would be a 15- to 30-megawatt traditional water power plant. It could help the city reduce its reliance on diesel-generated power.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carney has said the Major Projects Office\u2019s mandate will be a \u201cliving list\u201d and new entries will be routinely added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This is not a one and done,” he said in New Brunswick on Monday. “It is not one round of projects and then we move forward.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":372552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-372551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115533514315449140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}