Overview
- Prime Minister Mark Carney in Terrace, B.C., referred the Nisga’a‑backed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal and B.C.’s North Coast Transmission Line to the federal Major Projects Office for potential acceleration.
- The Canada Infrastructure Bank will loan $140 million to B.C. Hydro for the transmission line, which aims to double power between Prince George and Terrace, with construction targeted as early as next summer and full operation by 2034.
- Other referrals include Ontario’s Crawford nickel project, New Brunswick’s Sisson tungsten‑molybdenum mine, Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Phase 2 in Quebec, and the Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit Hydro Project.
- Ksi Lisims is a proposed 12‑million‑tonne‑per‑year floating LNG facility on Nisga’a treaty land, and it faces Federal Court challenges from the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla First Nations, while the linked PRGT pipeline faces separate B.C. Supreme Court cases.
- Officials stressed that referral does not confer approval or a national‑interest designation, and Carney highlighted financing tools to support Indigenous equity participation as reviews proceed.