| Ottawa is naming three projects for potential listing under the new Building Canada Act by the fall, when they would be declared as being in the national interestto accelerate their construction timelines. |
| The projects include two that have previously been referred to the federal Major Projects Office – the Mackenzie Valley Highway Project in the Northwest Territories and the Grays Bay Road and Port Project in Nunavut. |
| Federal ministers announced Wednesday in Yellowknife that a third project – a nuclear waste deep storage project in northwestern Ontario – is also being referred to the Major Projects Office. |
| “The initiation of this process marks a major shift in how we accelerate nation-building infrastructure,” said Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson in a statement. |
| Mr. Hodgson announced the plan alongside Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon and Crown-Indigenous Minister Rebecca Alty. |
| Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government introduced and passed the Building Canada Act, also known as Bill C-5, a year ago. |
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