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Mark Carney designates West Coast pipeline as first national-interest project (opens the original)
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OTTAWA â Prime Minister Mark Carney will use contentious powers his government created to fast-track a major new oil pipeline to the West Coast, driving forth the publicly financed project that faces stiff resistance from environmentalists and Indigenous groups and deepens his co-operation with the Alberta government just weeks ahead of the province’s separation-themed referendum. Albertaâs proposed West Coast pipeline is widely expected to get a national interest designation Thursday to f
Carney government labels spending inconsistently, budget watchdog says (opens the original)
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OTTAWA â Parliament’s budget watchdog says the government doesn’t have a “consistent” definition for which programs could face cuts as Prime Minister Mark Carney vows to balance day-to-day operational spending by next year. In a report released Thursday, Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan said the way the government is labelling spending as "operating" versus on "capital" investments appears contradictory and relies on judgment calls that vary program to program. The report also co
Carney government tables sweeping bill to overhaul environmental and labour rules (opens the original)
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OTTAWAÂ â The federal government provoked fierce opposition from some environmental and labour groups on Monday after tabling legislation to make sweeping changes that remove what Prime Minister Mark Carney sees as barriers to development in pursuit of his pro-growth agenda. Clocking in at more than 230 pages, Bill C-39 would enact many of the controversial changes to environmental and labour rules that the Liberal administration floated earlier this year, and comes as the prime minister promi
Carney government will allow private investments in Canadian airports (opens the original)
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OTTAWA â The federal government will allow private investment in the operation of four major airports â including Toronto’s Pearson, Canada’s busiest â in a move to “unlock” billions of dollars for infrastructure spending that breaks with a decades-long arrangement that saw the airports run by non-profit organizations, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Tuesday. Despite the objections of unionized labour and opposition critics, Carney made the announcement during a wide-ranging addre
Carney government will allow private ownership of Canadian airports (opens the original)
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OTTAWA â The federal government will sell stakes in four major airports â including Toronto’s Pearson, Canada’s busiest â in a move to “unlock” billions of dollars for infrastructure spending that breaks with a decades-long arrangement that saw the airports run by non-profits on government-owned land, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Tuesday. Despite the objections of unionized labour and opposition critics, Carney made the announcement Tuesday morning at his two-day investment summ
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