Conservatives Vote with Liberals as Bill C-39 Heads to Committee
The 243-page bill would expand fast-track approvals and add new labour rules, as Conservatives seek amendments on worker and Indigenous protections.
- On Thursday, the House of Commons passed the first vote on Prime Minister Mark Carney's Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, sending the legislation to a special committee for study with Conservative Party support.
- The legislation promises a one-year timeline and single review for major infrastructure projects, while introducing 'guardrails' for the labour minister regarding intervention in work stoppages, changes the government argues provide transparency despite union opposition.
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called the bill 'weak, watered-down, long-delayed,' while NDP Leader Avi Lewis and First Nations leaders argued the legislation 'must be scrapped' for failing to protect labour and treaty rights.
- Although the government plans a special committee to study the bill, NDP House leader Don Davies and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May criticized their exclusion from the process, calling the move 'fundamentally undemocratic.'
- Liberal MP Patrick Weiler cautioned that one-year timelines could undermine the government's duty to consult Indigenous communities, while Green Party Leader Elizabeth May warned that fast-tracking projects often leads to cost overruns of 300 to 400 per cent.
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Government Bill Fast-Tracking Projects Passes First Vote in House
Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, responds during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 6, 2025. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)
Bill C-39, which gives the government more powers to accelerate the implementation of projects, has taken a first step in the House of Commons.
New Liberal major projects bill clears first vote, heads to special committee
A key piece of the Carney government's economic agenda, Bill C-39, passed its first vote in the House of Commons on Thursday, with Conservatives and the majority Liberals sending the bill for study by a special committee.
Conservatives vote with Liberals as Bill C-39 heads to committee
A key piece of the Carney government’s economic agenda, Bill C-39, passed its first vote in the House of Commons Thursday when Conservatives voted with the majority Liberals to send the bill for study by a special committee.
Chief Pierre Poilievre, however, avoids saying the good of this bill honoring ecologists and trade unions.
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