Overview

• The federally designated projects will be advanced under the Building Canada Act and are intended to boost economic independence, create jobs, align with Indigenous priorities, and advance climate goals.
• Liberal MPs gathered in Edmonton for their first national caucus retreat outside Ottawa since Carney became leader as Parliament is set to resume on Sept. 15.
• Carney said a climate‑competitiveness strategy will follow later this fall, with a national homebuilding plan expected next week.
• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met Carney to restate nine demands, including repealing Bill C‑69, scrapping the emissions cap, lifting the West Coast tanker ban, and dropping the net‑zero car mandate.
• Opposition critics argued there are still no shovels in the ground and faulted Carney’s U.S. trade approach, framing this week’s rollout as a test of delivery.