US EditionExpert group says the next six months are ‘crucial’ for major projects bill success
ONTARIO, CANADA, JUL 21 – The expert group highlights Indigenous partnership and benefit-sharing as key to unlocking $11 billion in annual GDP and creating 50,000 jobs through Bill C-5 projects.
- The federal Building Canada Act became law on June 26, 2025, granting the government fast-track powers for major projects in Canada.
- The legislation responds to anticipated 35 per cent U.S. tariffs starting August 1 and aims to improve Canada’s economy while emphasizing Indigenous engagement.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney met Indigenous leaders last week in Ottawa and plans further talks in Inuvik to implement the act consistent with Indigenous land agreements.
- Experts urge the government to immediately designate national interest projects including LNG, oil, nuclear, hydrogen, and renewables, citing potential creation of 50,000 jobs and $11 billion yearly GDP gains.
- While the act may have limited effect in the Northwest Territories due to modern treaties, growing federal interest and coordination on northern infrastructure suggest increased regional development focus.
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The federal government should give priority to Aboriginal participation and state that "low-risk and high-impact" projects are of national interest within the next six months, according to a new report published by an Ottawa-based panel of experts.
Expert group says the next six months are ‘crucial’ for major projects bill success
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government should prioritize Indigenous engagement and declare “low-risk, high-impact” projects as being in the national interest within the next six months to validate the major projects bill, an Ottawa-based group of experts says in a new paper.
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Expert group says the next six months are 'crucial' for major projects bill success
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Ottawa's major projects law won't affect the N.W.T. much, premier says
N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson says he expects C-5, the Building Canada Act, to have a limited effect in the territory, where the resource regime implements modern treaties and cannot be easily sidestepped without consultation of Indigenous nations.
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