Ottawa to Peg First National Interest Projects in Territories: Sources
The projects would get faster federal reviews and permitting as Ottawa seeks to advance Arctic access, mining and military priorities.
- On Wednesday, Ottawa announced it is seeking national interest designation for three infrastructure projects: the Grays Bay road and port, the Mackenzie Valley Highway, and a nuclear waste repository in Ontario.
- The Building Canada Act, passed by Parliament last summer, grants the federal government powers to fast-track environmental reviews and permitting for projects officially designated as national interest.
- Extensive consultations with provinces, territories, and Indigenous groups must precede any confirmed designation, potentially delaying project finalization for years.
- In Yellowknife, Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty joined Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and Nunavut Premier John Main to launch the consultation process.
- Proposed infrastructure includes a 230-kilometre all-season road at Grays Bay and a highway connecting remote northern communities, while officials target a 2030 timeline for the nuclear waste repository in Ontario.
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Ottawa Moves to Fast-Track Three ‘National Interest’ Projects
The Liberal government said on June 24 it has identified three major projects deemed to be in the national interest that it wants to designate under the Building Canada Act. The designation would allow the streamlining of regulatory approvals and the circumvention of some federal laws to speed up development. The three projects are the Mackenzie Valley Highway Project, the Grays Bay Road and Port Project, and the Nuclear Waste Management Organiz…
Feds pick first three projects for national interest designation
The federal government has picked three major projects it says are now on a path to become the first deemed in the national interest, a designation that will see them fast-tracked to completion.
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YELLOWKNIFE — Ottawa is expected to announce today that it will begin the process of designating two key Arctic road infrastructure projects as in the national interest.
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