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CBTU launches letter-writing campaign asking members to call for PLAs on major projects

OTTAWA — Canada’s Building Trades Unions has launched a national letter-writing campaign to mobilize its “600,000 members across the country” in relation to Prime Minister…

adminOctober 9, 2025

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Quebec environmental lawyers group sues Ottawa over major projects bill

MONTREAL — A group of environmental lawyers says it has filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court challenging the validity of the federal government’s major…

adminSeptember 12, 2025

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BREAKING: Carney’s major project list includes LNG development, nuclear power, mining

EDMONTON — An expansion to the Port of Montreal and doubling production of liquefied natural gas in British Columbia are among the first five major…

adminSeptember 11, 2025

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Carney’s first budget to show Canadians the ‘cost to sovereignty’: experts

OTTAWA — Fiscal experts say Ottawa will have to be transparent with Canadians in the upcoming fall budget to justify a seismic shift in spending…

adminSeptember 11, 2025

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Former Trans Mountain CEO to lead Carney’s major projects office

OTTAWA — Ottawa’s one-stop shop for businesses to pitch plans for large industrial construction projects will be headquartered in Calgary and managed by former Trans…

adminSeptember 2, 2025

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Ontario First Nation asks for halt to Ring of Fire mining development

TORONTO – An Ontario First Nation that has worked toward road access to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire on its traditional territory is now asking…

adminAugust 8, 2025

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Imperial Oil optimistic about major projects talks with federal government

CALGARY, ALTA – The chief executive of Imperial Oil Ltd. says he is encouraged by discussions with the federal government regarding support for industry projects,…

adminAugust 7, 2025

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Meeting with Carney offered reassurances over major projects bill, says Inuit leader

INUVIK — An Inuit leader who met Thursday with Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss the federal government’s controversial major projects legislation says he has…

adminJuly 25, 2025

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Report raises questions about First Nations ownership in major projects

OTTAWA — A new think-tank report is questioning how the federal and provincial governments’ sprint to build major infrastructure projects might affect Indigenous Peoples’ rights…

adminJuly 25, 2025

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Mixed reaction from First Nations after premiers’ meeting about major projects

HUNTSVILLE, ONT. — Canada’s premiers pledged economic reconciliation with Indigenous people through major infrastructure and resource projects at their semi-annual meeting that began Monday, though…

adminJuly 22, 2025