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Government to table bill Monday aimed at speeding up major project approvals
- Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government plans to table the Building Canada Strong Act on Monday to speed up approvals for major projects.
- The bill is expected to shift reviews of projects such as pipelines and power transmission lines away from the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.
- Ottawa proposed creating economic zones where ministers could pre-approve certain projects, but delayed the bill after opposition from environmental and Indigenous groups.
- The government received more than 21,000 emails during consultations and abandoned plans to exempt some projects from species-protection laws after negative feedback.
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Leaning Left16Leaning Right0Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution70% Left
Bias Distribution
- 70% of the sources lean Left
70% Left
L 70%
C 30%
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