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Carney to Unveil First Fast-Tracked Mega-Projects Today Under Building Canada Act

The rollout follows the creation of a projects office led by Dawn Farrell to speed approvals in response to U.S. trade pressures.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is joined by members of his cabinet and caucus as he speaks at a news conference in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, after Bill C-5 passed in the House, on Friday, June 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre leaves a press conference in Brampton, Ont., on Tuesday.
Alphonse Dionne, president of Housing for Life, in front of the group's soon-to-open affordable apartment building on Pine Street.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to release the first tranche of national projects for accelerated approval today after briefing Liberal MPs in Edmonton.
  • The list will be advanced using Bill C-5, passed in the spring to let Ottawa designate and fast-track projects deemed in the national interest.
  • Carney has hinted the initial selections could feature port infrastructure and housing initiatives, with specifics to be disclosed at the announcement.
  • He is scheduled to meet Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Edmonton as she presses nine demands, including repealing Bill C-69, scrapping the emissions cap and lifting the tanker ban.
  • Carney has previewed a fall trade-diversification plan and a new climate strategy, and he says he will move on stricter bail laws and immigration changes, even as Conservatives criticize his pace on projects and approach to U.S. trade.