Overview
- New referrals include Ksi Lisims LNG and the North Coast Transmission Line in B.C., Ontario’s Crawford nickel project, New Brunswick’s Sisson mine, Nouveau Monde Graphite Phase 2 in Quebec and the Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit Hydro Project.
- About $140 million from the Canada Infrastructure Bank will support early work on BC Hydro’s North Coast Transmission Line linking Prince George and Terrace.
- Ottawa pegs this wave at roughly $56 billion in prospective investment, following about $60 billion identified in the first tranche announced in September.
- The Nisga’a Nation backs Ksi Lisims, yet several neighbouring First Nations oppose it and the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla have active court challenges.
- No projects have received national‑interest designations to date and an Alberta bitumen pipeline was not included as negotiations with the province continue.