Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 28, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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The federal government is developing a “national interest” bill to fast-track nation-building projects with a streamlined regulatory approval process as a substitute for reviews under the Impact Assessment Act.
A briefing document obtained by The Canadian Press indicates the legislation would lay out the criteria to decide if a project is in the national interest. Once that’s decided, a single federal minister would be named to oversee a review process laying out how the project can be built.
