House approves Bill C-5 to fast-track projects, Carney pledges summer consultations with Indigenous leaders

What is Bill C-5 and what might it mean for trade and pipelines?

The federal bill takes aim at trade barriers between provinces and should make it easier to build big infrastructure projects. Some hope the bill will translate into pipeline development, but there is notable opposition to the legislation as well.

'Action, not words' needed to cool potential long, hot One Canadian protest summer, says Liberal strategist

Despite an adjustment to the Liberals’ ‘public-facing’ message on Bill C-5, Nishnawbe Aski First Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says their approach has been 'a huge step backward’ on the path to reconciliation.

The Passage of Bill C-5 Leaves the Conventional Energy Sector With as Many Questions as Answers

From Energy Now By Jim Warren Get the Latest Canadian Focused Energy News Delivered to You! It’s FREE: Quick Sign-Up Here Living with uncertainty can be worse than getting the bad news. It’s been six months since Justin Trudeau resigned. Yet here we are little to no wiser about what Prime Minister Carney has in store for the oil and gas sector in the West. If Ottawa truly intends to pave the way for new pipelines, great! If not, it’s better to …

FIRST READING: All the hidden extras buried in the Liberals’ fast-tracked omnibus bills

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. TOP STORY The Carney government has been quite open about its intention to fast-track legislation through the first sitting of Parliament. The Liberals booked just four weeks of House of Commons sittings before a summer break that would last until mid-September, and in that time the…

Bill C-5 passes in the House, as Carney vows to consult Indigenous groups

Moments after the bill passed third reading Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to hold meetings in the coming weeks to “launch the implementation of this legislation in the right way.”

House approves Bill C-5 to fast-track projects, Carney pledges summer consultations with Indigenous leaders

PM vows to address Indigenous concerns that bill would allow Ottawa to override their rights