{"id":376283,"date":"2025-11-13T16:21:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/376283\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:21:20","slug":"carney-set-to-announce-next-list-of-major-projects-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/376283\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney set to announce next list of major projects &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/mark-carney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Carney<\/a> is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to announce the next batch of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/major-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major projects<\/a> the government is submitting for possible fast-track approval.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A senior Ontario government source tells The Canadian Press the Crawford Nickel Project will be among the projects Carney announces he is forwarding to the new Major Projects Office.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he was pleased to hear the project was among those selected, but lamented the lack of progress on other projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s get out of our way when it comes to the Ring of Fire,\u201d Ford said, referring to planned mining projects in northern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Carney in B.C. to announce next round of major projects'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web_6P_CARNEY_INFRASTRUCTURE.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:51<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCarney in B.C. to announce next round of major projects\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be talking about large-scale nuclear, and I don\u2019t know if we\u2019re going to hear about that but that\u2019s a key area we need investment on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The federal government is also expected to announce a hydroelectric project in Iqaluit will be up for possible fast-track approval, according to a source with knowledge of the government\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which already has received millions in federal funding for engineering and design, is being promoted as a means to help Nunavut\u2019s capital wean itself off its reliance on its diesel power plant.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press is not identifying the sources because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the details of the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>CBC News reported Tuesday other projects set to be announced include the Sisson Mine in New Brunswick, the Nouveau Monde Graphite Phase 2 project in Quebec, and the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project, near where Carney is making his announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The Ksi Lisims project is expected to produce 12 million tonnes of LNG per year destined for markets in Asia, where demand for LNG continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Poilievre says \u2018ignore\u2019 premiers, authority on pipelines in PM\u2019s hands'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/POILIEVRE_SMITH_VMS.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:09<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPoilievre says \u2018ignore\u2019 premiers, authority on pipelines in PM\u2019s hands\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Carney announced the first five projects the government was submitting for fast-track consideration two months ago. Conservatives called the projects on the first list \u201clow hanging fruit\u201d because their development was already well underway.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>That list included a Montreal port expansion, a small modular nuclear plant in Ontario, a liquefied natural gas facility expansion in British Columbia and two mining projects in Saskatchewan and B.C.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11522732\/tax-free-savings-account-young-canadians\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cpt104531195-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tInvest or keep money in cash? 41% of young Canadians opt for latter in TFSA\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11522498\/photos-aurora-borealis-november-2025-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/John-Perret.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tIN PHOTOS: Northern Lights shine in Canadian skies with more to come\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Appearing before the House of Commons standing committee on environment and sustainable development last month, Major Projects Office CEO Dawn Farrell told MPs the stage at which a particular project sits will be one of the factors considered when it is reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the challenges I think we\u2019ll face is that many of these projects are not what I call ready for prime time. They\u2019re way far off in the future, or they\u2019re much further down the road in terms of their execution,\u201d she told the committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure we have projects that are also executable in a shorter time frame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Focus BC: Major projects in B.C. get federal funding and a lookahead to the 1st quarter fiscal update'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FOCUS_BC.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t23:21<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFocus BC: Major projects in B.C. get federal funding and a lookahead to the 1st quarter fiscal update\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>So far, no project has received the national interest designation, which would give it special treatment \u2014 such as exemptions from certain environmental laws \u2014 to help it move forward. Those include the Fisheries Act, the Species At Risk Act and the Impact Assessment Act.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Once a project is referred to the Major Projects Office, it is reviewed and returned with recommendations to the government, which has the final say on whether to give it the national interest designation.<\/p>\n<p>Establishing the Major Projects Office was one of Carney\u2019s first moves after winning the general election earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The federal budget tabled last week proposes to spend $213.8 million over five years for the office. The government also plans legislation to make the office a separate entity \u2014 like a Crown corporation \u2014 rather than leaving it under the authority of the Privy Council Office.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to announce the next batch of major projects the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":376284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,79,180966,18809,50,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-376283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-major-projects","11":"tag-mark-carney","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115543309668645820","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376283","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=376283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}