Overview

• LNG Canada Phase 2 in Kitimat leads the initial list and is billed to double national LNG production while four others round out the slate: a first small modular reactor at Darlington, the Contrecœur expansion of the Port of Montreal, Foran’s McIlvenna Bay copper mine in Saskatchewan, and the Red Chris copper-gold expansion in northwest B.C.
• The government also released a development list featuring the Pathways Plus carbon capture proposal in Alberta, a 50‑gigawatt wind project in Nova Scotia, Toronto–Québec City high-speed rail, and upgrades to Manitoba’s Port of Churchill.
• The initial package contains no new oil pipeline projects, though Alberta Premier Danielle Smith welcomed the choices and signalled interest in future additions.
• Projects sent to the Major Projects Office will be advanced on a one‑project, one‑review path with a maximum two‑year approval window, and the Prime Minister’s Office estimates the combined investments exceed $60 billion.
• Prime Minister Mark Carney cast the selections as strengthening economic independence with Indigenous partnerships and climate goals in view, while environmental groups questioned the inclusion of LNG.